IP: Britain placed under state of emergency

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> From: Monty Solomon <monty () roscom com>
> Subject: Britain placed under state of emergency
>
> Britain placed under state of emergency
>
> Kamal Ahmed, Antony Barnett and Martin Bright
> Sunday November 11, 2001
> The Observer
>
> Britain is to be placed under a state of 'public emergency' as part
> of an unprecedented government move to allow internment without trial
> of suspected terrorists.
>
> In a historic initiative that will incense civil liberties groups,
> David Blunkett, the Home Secretary, will lay the order before the
> House of Commons in the next 48 hours, to be followed by
> anti-terrorist legislation which will be rushed through in the next
> four weeks.
>
> The order, which says the events of 11 September are 'threatening the
> life of the nation', will allow Britain to opt out of Article 5 of
> the European Convention on Human Rights, which bans detention without
> trial.
>
> ...
>
> http://www.observer.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,591394,00.html


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