In advance of next week’s crucial hearing, over how ‘public’ the public inquiry into undercover policing will be, a joint submission by the non-police non-state Core Participants – that is, by people who know they suffered damage by the undercover…
Secrets beyond lies: the police and state’s requests for secrecy
On 22-23 March 2016 a crucial hearing will take place in London, as part of the Public Inquiry into Undercover Policing. The two day preliminary hearing is set to determine if the inquiry will be open and transparent or whether…
Letter to inquiry: release the cover names
Women affected by undercover relationships are among those calling on the Inquiry into undercover policing to release the cover names of officers. A letter sent yesterday to the Pitchford Inquiry was signed by 133 core participants, including many women from…
Draft terms of reference for Inquiry under the Inquiries Act
These draft terms of reference were submitted to the Home Office on behalf of the eight women who have brought claims against the police arising from the forming of intimate relationships by undercover police officers. They are based on an…