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UK: Guardian article - Spying on us doesn't protect democracy. It undermines it: By branding protesters and mainstream Muslim activists as extremists, the police are effectively criminalising dissent

01 October 2009

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Spying on us doesn't protect democracy. It undermines it: By branding protesters and mainstream Muslim activists as extremists, the police are effectively criminalising dissent (Guardian, link) by Seamus Milne and Rebranding protest as extremismThe label 'domestic extremists' helps the police justify abusing anti-terror laws to target legitimate protest (Guardian, link) by Pennie Quinton

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