Thursday, January 19, 2017

Have anti-terror laws gone too far?



Amnesty International suggests basic human rights are being eroded across Europe, perhaps permanently.



Amnesty International studied the situation in 14 countries over two years, and concluded that European governments are increasingly restricting freedoms in disproportionate and discriminatory fashion through states of emergency, mass surveillance and so-called administrative measures.
France passed new survelliance laws after the Charlie Hebdo newspaper office shooting in January 2015.
After the Bataclan theatre attacks in November of the same year, a state of emergency was declared - and has been extended ever since.
And France is not alone. Amnesty International says European countries are "drawing inspiration from each other’s regressive counterterrorism measures"


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