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Judges liken terror laws to Nazi Germany
Key Excerpts from Article on Website of The Independent (One of the UK's leading newspapers)
The Independent (One of the UK's leading newspapers), October 16, 2005
Posted: November 11th, 2006
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/legal/article320005.ece
Posted: November 11th, 2006
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/legal/article320005.ece
A powerful coalition of judges, senior lawyers and politicians has warned that the Government is undermining freedoms citizens have taken for granted for centuries and that Britain risks drifting towards a police state. One of the country's most eminent judges has said that undermining the independence of the courts has frightening parallels with Nazi Germany. Senior legal figures are worried that "inalienable rights" could swiftly disappear unless Tony Blair ceases attacking the judiciary and freedoms enshrined in the Human Rights Act.