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’.
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
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“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.
Footage: Jenny arrested during Occupy London protest
Jenny arrested during Occupy London protest
In October 2014 Jenny’s office was contacted by protesters complaining about heavy-handed police tactics during Occupy London demonstrations in Parliament square. Jenny went to see what was going on. Here’s what happened next.
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Green Party parliamentarians challenge GCHQ over controversial Tempora Programme
This article is taken from the Green Party website.
A procedural hearing in the legal case brought by Caroline Lucas MP and Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb against the Government, over claims that their communications continue to be intercepted by GCHQ, begun yesterday (July 1).
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Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb 