UK: Police surveillance of Muslims set up with 'no regard for law'

01 October 2010

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UK: Police surveillance of Muslims set up with 'no regard for law' - Police covered up counter-terrorism unit's £3m camera operation which spied on Muslims in Birmingham (Guardian, link) and see: Thames Vally Police: Project Champion Review: An independent review of the commissioning, direction, control and oversight of Project Champion; including the information given to, and the involvement of, the community in this project from the initiation of the scheme up to 4 July 2010 (pdf)

See also: Project Champion Report misses the target when discussing CCTV surveillance, privacy and data protection (Amberhawk, link)

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