British anti-terror laws attract unwelcome comparison with despotic regimes
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair's government stands accused of going down the road towards a police state following proposed new anti-terror laws which have prompted comparisons with repressive regimes such as Myanmar.
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Britain is considering a raft of sweeping new anti-terrorism laws including special courts to try terror suspects without a jury, Home Secretary David Blunkett said in an interview today.
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"We cannot have a reincarnation of the old 'sus' laws under which mostly black people, ethnic minorities, were literally stopped on sight and that created a really bad atmosphere and an erosion of civil liberties."  British police could get powers to stop and question anyone in the UK under proposed tough new anti-terror laws. via Boston Today
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Government powers to detain foreigners without limit under emergency anti-terror laws threaten the values they were designed to protect, the Law Lords were told today.
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Detaining foreigners without trial under emergency anti-terror laws breaks European human rights laws, law lords ruled today. The decision from nine of the law lords, who make up Britain&#39;s highest court, throws
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A UK minister says Britain and Saudi Arabia are working to tackle terrorism, despite criticism from King Abdullah.
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LONDON : Britain is considering a raft of sweeping new anti-terrorism laws including special courts to try terror suspects without a jury, Home Secretary David Blunkett said in an interview.
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The government's anti-terror laws unfairly target Muslims and should be repealed, MPs hear.
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Britain&#39;s highest court yesterday harshly condemned one of the most hotly disputed elements of the country&#39;s anti-terrorist strategy -- a law allowing some foreign suspects to be locked up indefinitely with no charge.
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David Blunkett&#39;s emergency anti-terrorism laws came under fire last night after he ruled a suspect interned without trial for nearly three years no longer posed a national threat.
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Tough new laws on terrorism could be passed if Labour wins a third term in power, Home Secretary David Blunkett has indicated. Mr Blunkett said officials were looking at a range of measures - from jury-less
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Nine foreign terror suspects who have been held in British prisons without charge for nearly three years began an appeal for their release in a direct challenge to the Government&#39;s emergency anti-terrorism legislation.
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The Law Lords&#39; ruling against the detention of foreign terrorism suspects without trial will have widespread implications - potentially affecting existing and planned anti-terror
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A scathing judgment from the UK&#39;s highest court condemning the UK government&#39;s indefinite detention of foreign terror suspects as a threat to the life of the nation, left anti-terrorist laws in the UK in tatters on Thursday.
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Barristers who represent foreign terrorism suspects held in British prisons without trial raise concerns.
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Law Lords are to rule on how far the government can restrict human rights in its bid to combat terrorism.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair&#39;s security strategy, a central plank in his re-election bid, looked in trouble on Friday after a landmark legal ruling against a vital part of his anti-terror policy.