Regarding the article on page 11 of The Voice (March 19), “Seven sex offenders missing”, the last paragraph of this article says: “Lincolnshire Police refused to identify the missing sex offenders as it is felt it would breach their right to privacy.”
If you check The Human Rights Act Schedule 1, Article 8 (right to respect for private and family life), paragraph 2, it says: “There shall be no interference by a public authority with the exercise of this right except such as is in accordance with the law and is necessary in a democratic society in the interests of national security, public safety or the economic wellbeing of the country, for the prevention of disorder or crime, for the protection of health or morals, or for the protection of the rights and freedoms of others.”
As far as I understand that, it means anyone putting others at risk doesn’t have the right to anonymity.
Can it also be interpreted as the rights of the majority outweigh those of the minority?
Joan Atkinson
School Lane
Lutton
