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UK control orders only part of the problem

By Torrey Hullum

[Esther, Islam in Europe]: "Recently Amnesty International repeated its call to the British government to stop its "regime" of control orders. These orders, which allow the Home Secretary to restrict a person's freedom of movement, were introduced by the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005. Control orders are supervised by the courts, but they allow admitting secret evidence against the suspects and this supervision is, as Amnesty puts it, 'limited'. Amnesty's critique is simple. The state has an obligation to protect its citizens, but this should be done without violating their human rights. Amnesty feels that despite Britain's efforts to protect their citizens' liberties, they are violating the European Human Right

Full post as published by JURIST - Hotline on August 23, 2010 (boomark / email).