UK legislators blast government over terrorism curbs
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A British parliamentary committee accused the government on Sunday of breaking European human rights law with its curbs on terrorism suspects and urged it to do more to prosecute suspects instead.
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Legislators in Islamist-ruled northwest Pakistan Tuesday condemned Britain&#39;s award of a knighthood to &quot;Satanic Verses&quot; author Salman Rushdie, amid mounting anger over the honour.
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Senior ministers defended Australia&#39;s  tough anti-terrorism stance on Sunday, saying laws by which a  man linked to the failed UK bombings was held for 12 days  before being charged were essential to protect its citizens.
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Stop and question powers are 'unnecessary and counterproductive', say MPs and liberties groups.
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Shouting protesters interrupted Britain's top law official during a speech Wednesday in which he urged Muslim parents to watch their children closely for signs of extremism.
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Britain needs new law enforcement measures to counter &quot;the biggest threat from terrorism&quot; it has ever faced, Home Secretary John Reid said before introducing the government&#39;s proposals later Thursday.
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The Australian government, re-elected with an increased majority two weeks ago, aims to toughen its counter-terrorism laws after previous efforts were stalled in the Senate, the attorney general said.
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A group of Irish lawmakers on Wednesday accused Britain of failing to prevent collusion between security forces and Protestant outlaws from Northern Ireland in the mid-1970s.
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British lawmakers say it is time to overhaul the quaint, 13th century security procedures in parliament following two embarrassing intrusions there this week, and a revelation that al-Qaida terrorists had a plot to target the building.
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Britain's government Thursday called for discussions in Parliament about extending the time for detaining terrorist suspects without charge.
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LONDON -- Prime Minister Tony Blair's government yesterday proposed sweeping new powers to tackle terrorism, including electronic tagging, curfews, and house arrest for terror suspects without trial. The measures provoked swift dissent from civil libertarians and opposition politicians.
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Britain&#39;s anti-terrorism strategy faced  mounting criticism on Thursday after an embarrassing  announcement that three men suspected of planning attacks on  British or U.S. troops abroad had absconded.
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The Scottish justice secretary comes under fire from a UK minister over anti-terror searches at train stations.
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Britain has charged less than one in five of the more than 1,000 people arrested under anti-terrorism legislation since the September 11, 2001 attacks with terrorism-related offences, the government said Monday.
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Pakistani lawmakers passed a government-backed resolution Monday demanding Britain withdraw the knighthood awarded to author Salman Rushdie, condemning the honor as an insult to the religious sentiments of Muslims.
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PAC decries government 'profligacy' MPs and unions have lambasted the government for spending Â£3bn on external advice in areas such as IT.â¦
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MPs hear how the 11 September terror attacks made racial abuse of Sikhs "fashionable".