Tuesday, September 13, 2005

Report says UK search powers aimed at blacks and Asians / New Zealand Herald, 13 Sep 2005

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10345334
Marie Woolf
"A fresh row over stop and search powers has erupted after it emerged anti-terrorist police have received orders singling out blacks and Asians. Civil liberties campaigners and black groups have reacted furiously over official orders to the British Transport Police which says terrorist suspects are of 'Asian, West Indian and East African origin.' They have urged the Commission for Racial Equality to investigate. "