Opinion | The Guardian US4d ago
Slowly but surely, a state can repress its people. Why is the UK channelling Viktor Orbán’s Hungary? | Lydia Gall https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/08/uk-viktor-orban-hungary-civil-rights #UkCivilLiberties #Protest #ViktorOrbn #Hungary #Labour #CounterterrorismPolicy #Law #Europe #Politics #UkSecurityAndCounterterrorism #UkNews
Slowly but surely, a state can repress its people. Why is the UK channelling Viktor Orbán’s Hungary?

I know enough about the erosion of civil rights to fear what I now see in the UK. Britons should understand how this ends, says Lydia Gall of Human Rights Watch

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World news | The Guardian6d ago
Families affected by Manchester Arena attack say MI5 must be more open to scrutiny https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jan/06/families-affected-manchester-arena-attack-mi5-must-be-more-open-to-scrutiny #ManchesterArenaAttack #Mi5 #UkSecurityAndCounterterrorism #Manchester #UkNews
Families affected by Manchester Arena attack say MI5 must be more open to scrutiny

In a letter to Keir Starmer, they say MI5 failed them and the Security Service must be included in a law to stop cover-ups

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World news | The GuardianJan 2
Ministers cannot go on ignoring the Shamima Begum case, for two important reasons https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jan/02/ministers-cannot-go-on-ignoring-the-shamima-begum-case-for-two-important-reasons #ShamimaBegum #HumanRights #EuropeanCourtOfHumanRights #BritishIdentityAndSociety #IslamicState #UkSecurityAndCounterterrorism #CounterterrorismPolicy #HomeOffice #ShabanaMahmood #SajidJavid #Bangladesh #Law #SouthAndCentralAsia #UkNews #Syria #Politics #Society
Ministers cannot go on ignoring the Shamima Begum case, for two important reasons

The fate of the woman who left the UK at 15 in search of Islamic State raises wider questions about citizenship

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World news | The GuardianDec 31
European human rights court questions UK decision to strip Shamima Begum of citizenship https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/dec/31/european-human-rights-court-questions-uk-decision-to-strip-shamima-begum-of-citizenship #ShamimaBegum #EuropeanCourtOfHumanRights #HumanRights #Law #UkNews #IslamicState #HomeOffice #UkSecurityAndCounterterrorism #CounterterrorismPolicy
European human rights court questions UK decision to strip Shamima Begum of citizenship

Begum’s lawyers argue she was child trafficking victim when she travelled to live under IS in Syria in 2015

The Guardian
Richmond ChambersNov 2, 2024
Revealed: English neo-Nazi who stabbed asylum seeker was serial stalker https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/nov/02/english-neo-nazi-stabbed-asylum-seeker-serial-stalker-callum-parslow #Farright #UKsecurityandcounterterrorism #Counterterrorismpolicy
Revealed: English neo-Nazi who stabbed asylum seeker was serial stalker

Terrorist Callum Parslow was previously jailed for sending 10 women sexually explicit and misogynistic messages, and targeted a former GB News presenter

The Guardian
Richmond ChambersAug 6, 2024
Lawyers urge Starmer to ensure safety of advice centres over far-right threat https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/aug/06/lawyers-urge-starmer-to-ensure-safety-of-advice-centres-over-far-right-threat #UKsecurityandcounterterrorism #Thefarright #Police #UKnews #England
Immigration lawyers ‘at risk’ amid far-right threats to target advice centres

Police chiefs announce deployment of extra 2,200 riot officers as list of 60 immigration centres circulated online

The Guardian
Richmond ChambersOct 2, 2023
Liverpool hospital bomber had asylum claim grievance, police inquiry finds https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/oct/02/liverpool-hospital-bomber-had-asylum-claim-grievance-police-inquiry?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Liverpool #UKsecurityandcounterterrorism #UKnews #Crime
Liverpool hospital bomber had asylum claim grievance, police inquiry finds

Emad al-Swealmeen, who died after detonating homemade device inside taxi, had been rejected for asylum

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The GuardianApr 19, 2021

UK government to unveil registration scheme to tackle foreign spies

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/19/uk-government-registration-scheme-foreign-spies-boris-johnson

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Only 10% of Russian spy operations in Europe uncovered, says former MI6 chief

Sir John Sawers made comment after praising Czech authorities for publishing identities of suspects in 2014 munitions dump explosion

The GuardianMar 25, 2021

GCHQ releases 'most difficult puzzle ever' in honour of Alan Turing

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/mar/25/gchq-releases-most-difficult-puzzle-ever-in-honour-of-alan-turing

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GCHQ releases 'most difficult puzzle ever' in honour of Alan Turing

12 riddles linked to new £50 note featuring the codebreaker may take seven hours to crack

The GuardianMar 7, 2021

Irish dissident republican urges armed groups to forgo violence

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/07/irish-dissident-republican-urges-armed-groups-to-forgo-violence

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Irish dissident republican urges armed groups to forgo violence

Killings turn people away from cause, says former hardline leader Des Dalton