Monday 17 February 2014

Totalitarian Britain?

Another case has come out, this time it was Jesselyn Radack a member of a Human Rights advocate group
and former lawyer to NSA contractor Edward Snowden. She was detained and questioned at Heathrow Airport in an obvious attempt to intimidate her. Questions were asked  about where she was going and if she knew Edward Snowden or Bradley/ Chelsea Manning. This is an disturbing trend for the British Government as in August 2013 Davis Miranda, partner of Glenn Greenwald was also held at Heathrow. All this just has me asking the question; why must Britain break laws for the US and also how are we free if we can't even voice our dissent.

Ms Radack is merely an advocate for whistleblowers and Human Rights and Britain seems to be doing everything to eliminate those rights, so I ask again; how are we free? Especially when it seems that they are bring in more " laws" to limit our voices. Jesselyn was put on a list, the Inhibited persons list which was only just invented in March 2012  and grants the TSA agents to refuse the person a boarding pass or allow them into the next area. This list which also comprises of her lawyer that represented Snowden: Jennifer Robinson, so it seems that is you chose to help a person who dares to tell the people how much criminal activities the Government is doing, you'll be subjected to theses intrusive "checks" wherever you go.

As I've said many times before there can be no functional democracy without free speech, which includes the freedom to disagree with the actions of your Government. No wonder no one in this country knows anything when the Government goes around closing every avenue to the truthseekers.

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