Reid Says Human Rights Laws Are Soft On Terrorists
The Sunday Telegraph London (May 13, 2007)
Author: Ben Leapman Home Affairs Correspondent
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HUMAN RIGHTS laws must be "modernised'' because Britain is effectively at war with terrorists, John Reid said yesterday. The Home Secretary told a European summit that judges who follow the law "to the letter'' are
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Reid Says Human Rights Laws Are Soft On Terrorists
Mr Reid said that the distinction in international law between human rights in wartime and in peacetime is outdated, because it is based on an "old mo...
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