12 Dec 2007

28 days too much

The UK Government is proposing to extend the time for which police can hold terrorism suspects without charge to 42 days. The current 28 days period is already far too long. We believe no extension to pre-charge detention limits for terrorism suspects is acceptable. Granting the power to detain suspects for 42 days without charge would rob people of their basic rights.

Sign the Amnesty International supported petition:
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/notadaylonger/

Ten good reasons why extending pre-charge detention is a bad idea:
www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=17563

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