Shame on Labour.
We need to #GetGreensElected
RT @GreenJennyJones: Things did not go well last night in the Lords on the #NationalSecurityBill, where we lost several votes. I called a vote on protecting journalists and Greens were joined by Lib Dems and a few others in the voting lobby, but @UKLabour abstained, so the Tories won. Draining.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/catherinerowett/status/1631586675548717057
It is telling that government will swiftly make changes to proposed legislation after the Telegraph kicks up a stink, but shows no movement when other media actors raise criticisms - as with e.g. the Online Safety Bill.
#tories #NationalSecurityBill #OnlineSafetyBill
https://pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/national-security-bill-journalists-public-interest-defence/
DRACONIAN NEW #ESPIONAGE LAWS
Are people in the #UK aware of the severe and sweeping new draconian laws being put forward in the name of "modernising" #espionageLaws?
Things like life-sentences from the current two-year jail sentence etc.
#NationalSecurityBill #OfficialSecretsAct #publicInterestDefense #chillingEffect #spying #foreignSpy #arbitraryLawfare #JeremyCorbyn #EdwardSnowden #JulianAssange
Press greets Home Office redraft of national security bill with scepticism
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/feb/23/national-security-bill-redraft-journalism-scepticism?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#NationalSecurityBill
#InvestigativePress
#PressFreedom
#DanSabbagh
The #NationalSecurityBill has been so loosely drafted that it poses a threat to UK #media freedom.
It is in the House of Lords now, but the #Conservative Govt is refusing to accept amendments which would include protections for #journalists.
- https://on.ft.com/3Y3RQrY via @FT
The past two days have seen two Council of Europe Safety of Journalists Platform alerts documenting serious threats to media freedom in the UK, the first a Level 2 alert following the recent arrest of three journalists reporting on Just Stop Oil protests and the second a Level 1 alert relating to the UK government's National Security Bill.
https://fom.coe.int/en/pays/detail/13050458
#pressfreedom #mediafreedom #nationalsecuritybill #juststopoil
There are *no* exceptions to the prohibition of #torture & other ill-treatment. It is unconscionable that the British Government might shield ministers or officials from accountability for assisting murder & torture, or prevent victims of torture from receiving compensation. With 10 other orgs, we have written to the UK Government to raise our serious concerns about the proposed #NationalSecurityBill.
Read more in The Independent: https://lnkd.in/eFC34Hqh & The i: https://lnkd.in/ei2sbJFH.
Our right to know is still under threat with the national security bill
The national security bill currently going through parliament cannot be allowed to undermine journalists’ right to report
Barry White @YorkshireBylines
@bylinetimes
#YorksBylines #BylineTimes #ukpolitics #nationalsecuritybill
#freedomofspeechandexpression #PressFreedom #RightToReport #journalists #journalism #gtto #GeneralElectionNOW
Email your #MP about saving #journalism #NationalSecurityBill
Be warned. the #NationalSecurityBill could jail journalists who share leaks of official information. Email your MP to tell them you want the bill changed to protect media freedom
