UK rights commission says airport body scanners may be illegal
Controversial full-body scanners currently used in two UK airports may be illegal, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) announced Monday. The EHRC made the statement in a letter to Department...
UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Tuesday proposed a referendum to reform the nation's election system. Brown has proposed an alternative voting system in which voters would rank candidates in order of preference. He added that...
EU countries refuse US request for airport body scanners without further study
EU officials told US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano Thursday that European airports will not install body scanning technology until the countries have studied the effectiveness, safety, and threat to privacy of such devices....
UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced the country's plans for enhanced airport security measures and anti-terrorism efforts to the House of Commons on Wednesday. The new security provisions include increasing intelligence information-sharing with foreign...
British national Akmal Shaikh was executed Tuesday by the Chinese government after being convicted of bringing almost nine pounds of heroin into the country. Following Shaikh's 2007 arrest and November 2008 death sentence, rights...
UK traveler data program may violate EU law: legislative report
The UK's 1.2 billion-pound e-Borders program initiated by Prime Minister Gordon Brown will likely be found illegal under European Union (EU) law, the British House of Commons Home Affairs Committee ...
UK panel begins investigation into legality of Iraq war involvement
The Iraq Inquiry , charged with investigating UK involvement in Iraq, began its public proceedings in London on Tuesday. The committee is expected to assess the legality of the UKs participation in the Iraq War, although...
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Monday issued an apology to poor and underprivileged British children who were sent to Australia and other former British colonies over the last century with the supposed intention of...
Climate conference may not produce treaty: UN Secretary-General
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon attempted Tuesday to temper expectations for the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen set to take place in a month, saying that it might not result in a treaty. The...
UK chief prosecutor publishes interim policy on assisted suicide
UK Director of Public Prosecutions Keir Starmer published an interim policy on assisted suicide Wednesday that takes several factors into consideration in deciding whether to prosecute such cases. While the new policy does not legalize...
