This is a video of David Toube, a Barrister for Cleary Gottlieb making an Islamophobic rant. The women sitting behind him is none other than Gareth Peirce one of the most respected Human Rights solicitors in Britain. Not one of the charges made are true accept to those who want to believe such things. Toube

Nick Clegg will be speaking tonight at the 20th annivesary celebrations of human rights group, Privacy International, and will stress the importance of this coming general election as an opportunity to win back privacy. Here are some extracts from his speech: Labour has spent 13 years trampling over people’s privacy. From allowing children’s fingerprints to be taken

John Denham has issued a challenge to the Tories over proposed rent increases and reduced rights for tenants. Plans have been hatched by leading Tory councillors and party strategists to make major changes to the rent and rights of council and housing association tenants. Notes from the secret meeting say that tenants in council and housing association housing should have their rent increased by 1...

A maximum waiting time of 12 weeks for hospital treatment will be guaranteed under new legislation being announced.

Europe's broadcasters have put pressure on the EU to clean up rules for rights clearance of online content, complaining that the current patchwork of regulations is too expensive and too cumbersome. 

Jim Killock, Executive Director of the Open Rights Group, writes about the Digital Economy Bill: The Open Rights Group would like to thank the Lib Dems for taking a strong policy stance against the Digital Economy Bill’s disconnection and web blocking proposals. The biggest danger now is that Parliament will not debate or amend the Bill at

A report by the human rights group says Germany and the Czech Republic are among several nations that allow the trading of goods such as shackles, electric shock weapons and chemical sprays

THE government has challenged a landmark ruling that British soldiers serving abroad are protected by human rights laws.

Andrew Dismore is doubtless preening himself over his prominence this morning as chairman of Parliament's Joint Committee on Human Rights, which has criticised Trevor Phillips. Remember the sanctimonious Andrew Dismore. He is MP for Hendon, which is an easy ride to Westminster on the tube, with just one change. Yet he milks taxpayers for a second home. Andrew Dismore reportedly claimed £...

Labour knows that its class attacks on David Cameron only work when they tie them to a specific issue. So it was almost inevitable that House of Lords reform was going to be wheeled out at some point. There was excitement in Labour circles earlier this year when the Tories voted against removing the voting rights of the remaining hereditary peers. Gordon Brown used the issue as an attack line at P...