| Re: 1.5m children will have DNA taken next year amid claims of universal database 'by stealth' |
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Group: uk.transport.london · Group Profile
Author: AvengerAvenger Date: Mar 17, 2008 13:38
Just waking up to that fact? What do you think they were doing these past
years? This is worse than anything Orwell even dreamt of.
Cameras with face recognition monitoring every part of your life, ID
cards(or driving licences) that can track your every movement, confiscation
of guns and weapons so that only government agents armed armed. Did you
really believe that these things would be used only for "criminals"
You are no longer living in a free society but in a police State when the
government has all the power on its side.
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> Since 2004 police have had the power to take DNA samples from anyone over
> the age of ten who is arrested, regardless of whether they are later
> charged, convicted, or found to be innocent.
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> The Government has played down the issue of juvenile DNA sampling but
> confirmed last year that the profiles of 358,000 children were on the
> register.
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> But analysis by the campaign groups Action on Rights for Children and
> Genewatch has found that the figure conceals a far larger DNA-gathering
> operation, since the profiles of juveniles who have since turned 18 are no
> longer counted in the official total.
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> The analysis found that between 1995, when the national DNA database was
> set
> up, and April 2007 a total of 1.1million children had their DNA taken -
> including 521,000 aged 10 to 16.
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> With 170,000 youths a year being added to the database, campaigners claim
> the real figure will soar to at least 1.5million within the next year.
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> Terri Dowty, director of Arch, said: "The Home Office has shown repeated
> reluctance to release figures for children on the DNA database, presumably
> realising how shocked the public would be.
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> "No other country in Europe criminalises children at such a young age."
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> The Home Office said last night that it had no plans to set up a DNA
> database of all adults.
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> It insisted the huge number of samples taken from youngsters was justified
> because under-18s account for a quarter of all suspects arrested by police
> and many drift into criminal careers as adults.
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> --
> Never trust a woman, how can you trust something that bleeds every 28 days
> and doesn't die!!!
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