The smokescreen of Cameron’s statements about taking in vulnerable children from countries neighbouring Syria does nothing to hide the glaring reality that the many children who have a legal right to enjoy sanctuary in the UK are being left in Calais. The inhumane bulldozing of the ‘Jungle camp’ makes the plight of these children ever more desperate.
Category: Civil liberties
Government, the police and intelligence services are too easily given sweeping powers that they too often abuse.
Jenny works with campaigners to defend our civil liberties. She has worked on legislation like the Investigatory Powers Bill, raised the cases of victims of state power such as detained pregnant women, and defended the right to protest.
The Jungle in February, Jenny’s blog
A visit to the ‘unrecognised’ refugee camp near Calais
“There is snow on the ground and it’s sleeting. I have arrived again in Calais to visit the unofficial refugee camp called The Jungle. I visited it first in late October last year. Continue reading “The Jungle in February, Jenny’s blog”
Jenny returns to the Jungle
On Thursday 18 February Jenny will again visit The Jungle, Calais.
She said: ‘What is happening at the Jungle, where thousands of people have been effectively abandoned by governments and are being helped to stay alive only by the selfless actions of volunteers, would be an unacceptable outrage anywhere. That it is happening on the doorstep of the UK – the world’s fifth-wealthiest state – and France, the sixth richest, makes it a scandal which should engage us all.’
Officer claims Met improperly deleted Jenny’s domestic extremist files
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A police officer working for a secretive Scotland Yard intelligence unit that monitors thousands of political campaigners has alleged that police improperly destroyed …
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Jenny and Natalie visit Calais ‘Jungle’
Natalie Bennett, leader of the Green Party of England and Wales, and Jenny travelled to Calais to meet Emmanuelle Cosse, national secretary of France’s Europe Ecologie – Les Vertes, and Sandrine Rousseau, a Les Vertes spokesperson, at the camp known as ‘the Jungle’.
“RIPA still authorises sexual relationships by state agents”
House of Lords 8th July 2015 – Jenny’s response to government report on investigatory powers.
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I was on a database for domestic extremists
The government is proposing to defend freedom of speech by placing tough restrictions on people who have committed no crime, but whom they have labelled extremists.
This is not a new idea. I was until recently on a database for domestic extremists, despite having no convictions for any crime. The database included John Catt, an 89-year-old pensioner, who attended peace demonstrations with his sketch pad.
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The Surveillance State
January 2015 – Report by Jenny Jones finds that the police have “overreached and misused their powers, aided by illiberal legislation that is not fit for purpose”.
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Jenny quizzes London Mayor on undercover police engaging in sexual activity (video)
Greater London Assembly 10 December 2014
Jenny presses Mayor on whether police officers that have engaged in sex with targets have faced sanctions.
Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb 