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Activist deceived into relationship with undercover officer awarded £230,000

An environmental activist who was deceived into a nearly two-year relationship with an undercover officer has been awarded almost £230,000 compensation after winning a landmark tribunal case against the Metropolitan Police for breaches of her human ...

25 Jan 2022 at 12:25

Tribunal considers complaints made by ex-police chiefs against PSNI

Tribunal judges who examine allegations about covert investigations are considering complaints made by two former senior police officers against the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI). Former West Yorkshire chief constable Mark Gilmore, an ...

10 May 2022 at 15:25

Northern Ireland

Police report on surveillance of journalists branded ‘utterly vague’

A police report on surveillance of journalists has been branded “utterly vague” and lacking assurances that the actions of officers were legal. Six months after it was requested, the PSNI has given the report to the Northern Ireland Policing ...

11 Apr 2024 at 17:03

Northern Ireland

Revelations around police surveillance of two journalists ‘tip of iceberg’

Revelations around police surveillance of two journalists in Northern Ireland are just the tip of a “very large and very dangerous iceberg”, one of the reporters has warned. Barry McCaffrey was commenting as campaigners called for the ...

06 Mar 2024 at 14:34

Police ‘mounted surveillance op’ after journalists’ arrest in bid to find source

Police mounted a covert surveillance operation following the arrest of two journalists in a bid to unmask one of their sources, a tribunal has heard. The Investigatory Powers Tribunal was told that the arrest of film makers Barry ...

28 Feb 2024 at 15:58

Journalists call for truth ahead of hearing on state covert surveillance claims

Two investigative journalists have called for answers ahead of a tribunal hearing to examine allegations that they were subject to covert surveillance by UK authorities. Senior legal figures sitting on the Investigatory Powers ...

28 Feb 2024 at 12:41

Northern Ireland

BBC to contact tribunal over claims journalist was spied on by police

The BBC has instructed lawyers to contact a specialist tribunal over claims one of its investigative reporters was spied on by police. The corporation said the allegations relate to former BBC journalist Vincent Kearney and ...

02 May 2024 at 13:22

Police face criticism over court claims of surveillance of journalists

Police in Northern Ireland are facing heavy criticism following court claims that intelligence officers routinely accessed the phone data of journalists in the region. The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) accused the ...

08 May 2024 at 15:43

PSNI routinely accessed phone data of ‘troublemaker’ journalists, tribunal told

Police in Northern Ireland undertook six-monthly trawls of the phone data of “troublemaker” journalists to see if they were in contact with officer sources, a tribunal has heard. Details of what was described as ...

08 May 2024 at 15:35

Hundreds of Manchester Arena bombing survivors take legal action against MI5

More than 250 survivors of the Manchester Arena bombing are taking legal action against MI5, lawyers representing them have confirmed. Legal teams representing injured survivors of the bombing in 2017 that ...

14 Apr 2024 at 20:12

Boutcher to discuss ‘commentary’ on surveillance claims with oversight body

Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) chief constable Jon Boutcher has said he will discuss “commentary” around the force’s use of surveillance powers with his oversight body. A hearing of the ...

10 May 2024 at 14:40

PSNI Chief Constable to be pressed for answers over surveillance revelations

Northern Ireland’s Chief Constable is to be pressed over revelations around surveillance powers. A hearing of the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) in London on Wednesday heard claims that ...

09 May 2024 at 19:51

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