Channel 4 News - Civil liberties

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.

Clarifying the law on suicide

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:00:00 +0100

A woman with a degenerative disease wants the high court to clarify the law on taking your own life. Victoria Macdonaldreports.

42 day vote - the squeeze is on

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:00:00 +0100

Downing Street says tonight's vote on 42-day detention powers for terror suspects will be "very, very tight".

42-day vote: read the leaders

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 10:43:00 +0100

Newspapers and columnists are - like MPs - divided over the 42-days vote. Channel 4 News online rounds up the opinion ahead of today's crucial debate.

It's a live blog, it's about terror

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:22:00 +0100

Inside the Channel 4 newsroom...

Human rights under the spotlight

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 19:00:00 +0100

On the nineteenth anniversary of Tiananmen, Lindsey Hilsum reports that China is declaring its political dissidents "criminally insane".

Deportation: man wins legal delay

Fri, 30 May 2008 18:33:00 +0100

An Algerian facing fast track deportation wins a legal delay. Hicham Yezza has been in the UK for 13 years. Lucy Manning reports.

Smart drugs for students

Thu, 22 May 2008 11:45:00 +0100

If performance enhancing drugs for your brain are now a reality, should students face the same kind of restrictions as athletes?

5 Min: Civil liberties

Fri, 08 Jun 2007 15:38:00 +0100

Get the essentials with our 5 Minute Guide.