Talk:Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005

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Just reverted some NPOV vandalism:

UPDATED: The bombings in London on July 18th are likely a plot by Blair's government to force through more draconian measures against brown people.

which was placed at the top of the page. RishiAggarwal 14:11, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

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[edit] Weasel terms and a euphamism?

From the article: "which in some cases may derogate (opt out) from human rights laws."

Shouldn't that be "which is contrary to human rights laws"? Ojw 21:16, 16 October 2005 (UTC)

No. 'derogate' is a legal term, referring in this case to Article 15 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which allow a country to derogation from certain human rights in times of emergency (althiugh the decision to derogate is still subject to challenge, as it was successfully in the Belmarsh case). Although no derogation is currently in force, the 2005 Act allows for more restrictive control orders to be made if a derogation is in place. 81.76.121.252 19:45, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] What's the Bill that Blair was just defeated on called?

We should have an article and see also it here. --bodnotbod 17:18, 10 November 2005 (UTC)

It's called the Terrorism Bill and it already has a seperate article.81.77.146.17 00:12, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] If someone has the time...

There's a bunch of material that can be included re the annual renewal debates in February 2006:

  • Lord Carlile's report (available on the Home Office website);
  • Report of the parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights(released 14 February and available on the Committee's home page);
  • briefings by Liberty and JUSTICE;
  • link to Hansard for the renewal debates on 15 February 2006;
  • link to the text of the draft statutory instrument.

[edit] Affront to justice?

"In April 2006, a High Court judge issued a declaration that section 3 of the Act was incompatible with the right to a fair trial under article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights. The Act was described by Mr Justice Sullivan as an 'affront to justice'"

Can we have some citation for this?

Hypnoticmonkey (talk) 15:51, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

A citation has now been added. Road Wizard (talk) 16:58, 8 June 2008 (UTC)