BALPA against ID Cards - TUC Congress

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LitebulbsAt last, the first legal step against ID cards!

BBC NEWS | UK | DNA database 'breach of rights'

Good news indeed. I hope that this is an important milestone in the fight for our civil liberties. Briefly:

Two men from Sheffield had their DNA and fingerprints retained by the police despite being convicted of no crimes. They won their case in the European Court of Human Rights against the UK Gov for breaching their human rights, with judges saying keeping the information "could not be regarded as necessary in a democratic society,” The decision from the 17 judges was unanimous.

Three cheers for the European court of human rights!

(Remember the UK has the largest DNA Database in the world. 4.5 million UK citizens are on it including 857,000 innocent men, women & children).

This little bit sums it up really: “the home secretary, Jacqui Smith, said she was "disappointed with the ruling" So the Home Secretary is disappointed at the need to maintain our human rights!

We should really try to organise some sort of celebration for this victory in the battle against the creeping totalitarian State.

Now lets do it for the ID database. It will not be easy but if everyone was to say no we would win, it's as simple as that. "The fight goes on"