Call for resistance to 'dangerous' spying bill

Mon, Feb 13th 2017, 01:31 PM

FORMER Bahamas Bar Association President Elsworth Johnson yesterday joined activist calls for Bahamians to organise protests and public resistance to the recently tabled Interception of Communications Bill (ICB) 2017, which he called “dangerous” spying legislation.

Mr Johnson, who was ratified last week as the Free National Movement’s candidate for Yamacraw, questioned the level of public consultation on the bill, underscoring that it impacted deeply entrenched constitutional rights to privacy and as such should have been previewed by the legal community and civil society...

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