30/04/2004   ID Cards

- the Home Secretary is determined to keep open the option of compulsory cards by 2013.

 30/04/2004   Kurdish Human Rights Project Annual Report 2003

is published. It includes project work focussing on Iraqi Kurds pre and post war.

 30/04/2004   UK Emissions plan goes to Brussels

but environmental experts believe the EU's plan is flawed.
30/04/2004   Tracking children: a road to danger?

The Children Bill currently before Parliament would mean covert information sharing.

 23/04/2004   A controversial new cybercrime treaty

has come into force, albeit in just a few countries.

 23/04/2004   European blood survey

reveals record level of man-made chemical - the flame retardant, deca-BDE.
23/04/2004   Sudan: Human Rights Watch

report that 136 African men were detained by government troops working with Arab militias, who later massacred them.

 23/04/2004   Privacy International has filed a complaint

about Google's Gmail service with Privacy and Data Protection Commissions internationally.

 23/04/2004   Water Companies told to set limits on chlorine in tap water

But further research is called for by