Anti Terror legislation

national | miscellaneous | news report Saturday May 11, 2002 18:08 by Znet - Znet

Here we go

Hey up got this from znet,with the ever expanding crackdown on civil liberties dubbed "The war on terror"England now after many years of fighting the I.R.A. now comes up with this-very suspect-

United Kingdom Terrorism Bill
The British government has issued, for parliamentary debate, the Terrorism Bill, which it seeks to introduce as permanent legislation. Most of the provisions of the Terrorism Bill are already in place in emergency legislation, but if this legislation is passed it will be permanent with even more provisions for Northern Ireland. Many of the bills provisions conflict with international human rights treaties to which the British govt. is a party. Amnesty International released a report on the Terrorism Bill and is concerned with certain provisions in particular such as:
wide ranging powers of arrest
denial of a detainee's access to a lawyer upon arrest
denial of the right to have a lawyer present during interrogation
the maximum period of detention without charge being 7 days, with an extension of up to 5 days being granted by a judicial authority after the initial 48 hours
the shifting of the burden of proof from the prosecution to the defense in various provisions of the bill
The provisions of the Terrorism Bill are a clear violation of human rights and rights of all people to be equal before the courts. Please contact your local and national government officials and express your concern and opposition to the Terrorism Bill.