Marcus Morgan argues that Boris Johnson’s ‘zero tolerance’ approach to crime is symptomatic of growing police powers across the UK and harks back to the detested “Sus” laws of the 1980s, when police were able to stop and search based on suspicion alone.

The Free Hicham Yezza Campaign describe their protest against the arrest and threatened deportation of a Nottingham university student for downloading an Al-Qaida training manual for research purposes.

This week’s court case involving police demands for a journalist’s notes is seen as the latest example of a threat to media freedom. Duncan Campbell examines what impact it could have on terrorism coverage.

Yes that’s right. Under the Terrorism Act 2000, we no longer have this right – as IMCista explains.

The Sussex police force has launched an unprecedented campaign to block public showings of an independent anti-arms trade film, ‘On the Verge’. SchNEWSreports.

Three years on, SchNEWS reviews the UK “ban” on hunting.

Esme Choonara speaks to novelist Alex Wheatle about the racism and intimidation young black people faced in the 1980s, and the problems they face today.

SchNEWS on New Labour’s ongoing efforts to dismantle protections against the power of the state and to undermine checks and balances that safeguard our civil liberties – all in the name of “counter terrorism”, of course.

Internment is the new tactic to deal with the animal rights movement, writes SchNEWS.

The irony of the Police Federation’s failure to secure permission to march through Parliament Square in protest at the government’s latest pay deal is impossible to miss, writes the Morning Star, but we should not let our amusement get in the way of solidarity.

Does Gordon Brown ever listen to himself to hear what utter tripe he is trotting out?, asks the Morning Star.

SchNews on newly proposed laws that threaten even more police power.