Rob Evans
Rob Evans has won awards for his work both on corruption scandals and for promoting freedom of information. With a colleague Paul Lewis, he wrote a book, Undercover, about the infiltration of undercover police officers into political groups over the past 40 years. Their blog on the subject can be found here. He is also the author of Gassed: British chemical warfare experiments on humans at Porton Down (House of Stratus, 2000).
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Woman tricked into relationship with police spy launches legal actionActivist known as Monica is challenging CPS’s refusal to prosecute undercover officer
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Officers likely to have passed personal files to blacklisters, says MetBlacklist was used unlawfully and funded by big firms to deny employment to trade unionists -
Campaigners stage walkout of 'secretive' police spying inquiryDoreen Lawrence leads calls for judge to be replaced, amid claims police are attempting cover-up -
Gove faces fresh scrutiny over school sexual abuse caseSecond witness tells inquiry that then education secretary intervened in Downside case
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Another oil firm seeks sweeping injunction against UK protestersCritics say legal move by UK Oil and Gas, that could see protesters at its sites jailed and fined, is draconian and anti-democratic
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'Four large black men' at inquest followed by police, hearing toldHumberside police also followed Christopher Alder’s sister during inquest into his death in custody -
Police accused of spying on sister of man who died in custodyTwo officers could be sacked for gross misconduct if found guilty of snooping on Janet Alder -
Ex-police spy berates Met for revealing her role in mink releaseChristine Green took part in Animal Liberation Front raid during undercover work in 1990s -
Met admits police spy’s role in mass release of mink by protestersAnimal rights group infiltrated by undercover officer who took part in 1998 raid on New Forest farm
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Insurance firm and two senior figures handed record data breach finesFines totalling more than £150,000 handed down over use of private detectives to illegally obtain private banking records
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Surveillance firms spied on campaign groups for big companies, leak showsTargets included grieving family of Rachel Corrie, environmental activists and local campaigners protesting about phone masts -
Inside the secret world of the corporate spies who infiltrate protestsMajor firms hiring people from corporate security firms to monitor and infiltrate political groups that object to their commercial activities