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Friday, March 26, 2010

MPs criticise government's climate of fear - The Register

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/03/25/terror_human_right/

By Chris Williams • 'All terror all the time' presumption prodded

Posted in Government, 25th March 2010 12:27 GMT

The "permanent state of emergency" over terrorism since 9/11 has blocked debate over whether the dozens of new laws introduced to combat the threat are justified, according to a cross-party group of peers and MPs.

The Joint Committeee on Human Rights today questioned ministers' claim that there has been a "public emergency threatening the life of the nation" ever since the attacks on New York and Washington.

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