Briefing on the Counter-Terrorism Bill 2008 / Human Rights Watch, 5 July 2008
http://hrw.org/backgrounder/2008/uk0708/
"The House of Lords will begin debate on a counterterrorism bill on July 8, the day after the third anniversary of the July 2005 bomb attacks on London’s transport system. The bill includes 42-day pre-charge detention and other harmful proposals. “The third anniversary of the 2005 bombings in London reminds us that Britain faces a real terror threat,” said Judith Sunderland, Western Europe researcher at Human Rights Watch. “But locking people up without charge for six weeks will not make the country safer. The Lords should take a principled stand against this dangerous and unnecessary proposal".”
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