Channel 4 News - Civil liberties

Afghan MP's courage under fire

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:00:00 +0100

Sue Turton meets Afghan MP Malalai Joya, who is in London to receive an award for her work in defending human rights.

New scheme targets paedophiles

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:40:00 +0100

A pilot scheme gives parents access to details of sex offenders living nearby. Sue Turton reports.

Offender details may be released

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 10:47:00 +0100

A Home Office scheme will allow police in some areas to release details of sex offenders. Jane Dodge reports.

Exclusive: Halima Aziz vs the CPS

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 23:45:00 +0100

Six hundred thousand pounds compensation, half a million pounds in legal costs - and all for failing to apologise for racial discrimination. Simon Israel reports.

'The cold war is over...'

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:07:00 +0100

President Bush announces that bullying and intimidation are not acceptable ways of conducting foreign policy.

Bin Laden's driver guilty

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:54:00 +0100

In the first full war crimes trial at Guantanamo Bay, Osama bin Laden's former driver is found guilty of supporting terrorism.

Alexander Solzhenitsyn dies

Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:57:00 +0100

Alexander Solzhenitsyn, whose writings drew the world's attention to the horrors of the Soviet Gulag prison camp system, has died.

FactCheck: thugs walk free?

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:08:00 +0100

Labour reckons the SNP wants to empty prisons of muggers, thieves and drug dealers. FactCheck isn't so sure.

Christian registrar wins tribunal

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:00:00 +0100

Christian registrar Lillian Ladele wins her tribunal and does not have to perform same-sex civil partnerships, reports Carl Dinnen.

Betancourt release secured by disguised soldiers

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:40:00 +0100

Dramatic footage has been released, showing for the first time the rescue of Ingrid Betancourt and 14 others from a Colombian jungle. Carl Dinnen reports.

Women bishops top synod agenda

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:07:00 +0100

Blood, division, anger, schism and heresy, that's what religion used to be like in Britain. David Fuller reports for More4 News.

Minister: forget spent conviction

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:36:00 +0100

Universities should not bar the way to students who have rebuilt their lives after criminal convictions, the higher education minister tells Channel 4 News.

How green is this car tax?

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:13:00 +0100

Is the reform of Vehicle Excise Duty an example of green taxation in action, as the government claimed? Tom Clarke reports.

Government equality drive

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:00:00 +0100

Equalities minister, Harriet Harman, outlines to MPs a bill to transform equality and discrimination law. Victoria Macdonald reports.

Further worries over data pimping

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:00:00 +0100

Benjamin Cohen discusses concerns that sensitive information is being passed on when companies outsource their marketing strategies.

Four detainees on the run

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:05:00 +0100

Four immigration detainees are on the run after breaking out of a detention centre in Oxfordshire. James Blake reports.

EU comes out fighting for treaty

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 13:51:00 +0100

Ministers in the UK have insisted they won't abandon the EU's Lisbon Treaty, despite its rejection by Irish voters, Victoria Macdonald reports.

How free is religious debate?

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:00:00 +0100

How free is Britain, especially when it comes to the vexed issue of religion? Girish Juneja reports

Gary Gibbon's verdict on terror vote

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 20:00:00 +0100

More4 News's Kylie Morris puts the question to political editor Gary Gibbon in the wake of the government's narrow win.

Labour edges 42 day terror vote

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:00:00 +0100

In a critical moment for Gordon Brown's leadership, nine votes ensure a knife-edge victory on the government's proposed 42-day limit for holding terror suspects.

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