42-Day Detention

Hamza Andreas on UK government’s proposal that “suspects” in terrorism can be held without charge for up to 42 days:

By voting for these measures, it has illustrated fundamental deficiencies in the political system in Britain. Furthermore, added to the creation by politicians, the media and security services of a ‘suspect’ community, these measures further push Britain’s security system into a kind of ‘Liberal Inquistion’.

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