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 en 2012-02-08 04:09 NIS complains about police surveillance at 'Countdown to Zero' screening http://www.nuclearinfo.org/view/legal/civil+liberties/a2151 surveillance of guests attending a recent screening of the documentary film 'Countdown to Zero' organised by NIS. ]]> Press and security services wrongly accuse Katia Zatuliveter http://www.nuclearinfo.org/view/legal/civil+liberties/a2115
NIS works regularly with Mike Hancock on areas of mutual interest, which include defence issues and the military nuclear programme.  Many of the Parliamentary Questions asked by Mike Hancock about the UK's nuclear weapons and nuclear powered submarines were suggested by NIS as potential lines of inquiry into the costs and safety of the UK's nuclear weapons programme, and to help establish whether the UK is sticking to its international legal obligations under the Non Proliferation Treaty.  

These are legitimate areas of public interest, and the suggestion that questions about the UK's nuclear weapons programme should be considered as a suspicious or unreasonable act is quite unacceptable in a democratic society. ]]> AWE Bylaws Legal Challenge http://www.nuclearinfo.org/view/legal/civil+liberties/a1954 High Court decision on AWE Bylaws in March 2008 is to be heard in the High Court of the Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand, London on Wednesday, 26th November 2008.]]> District Judge dismisses Aldermaston SOCPA case http://www.nuclearinfo.org/view/legal/civil+liberties/a1942
In Newbury Magistrates Court, a District Judge dismissed a case of trespass on a nuclear licensed site against an Aldermaston peace campaigner. The prosecution under the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act(SOCPA), failed to criminalise lawful protest.
Juliet McBride was arrested inside the perimeter fence at the Atomic Weapons Establishment in March 2007, during a no Trident replacement protest. ]]> AWE Byelaws Appeal http://www.nuclearinfo.org/view/legal/civil+liberties/a1844 AWE Aldermaston Bylaws Judicial Review http://www.nuclearinfo.org/view/legal/civil+liberties/a1820 AWE Aldermaston: legal challenge to denial of the right to freedom of assembly http://www.nuclearinfo.org/view/legal/civil+liberties/a1821