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Ex-PM Blasts UK Government on Civil Liberties

Major blasts proposal that OKs 6-week detention without trial

By Jason Farago,  Newser Staff

Posted Jun 6, 2008 11:07 AM CDT

(Newser) – The British parliament is set for a nail-bitingly close vote on a law that will allow the police to hold terror suspects without charge for 42 days—by far the longest in the free world. As Gordon Brown pushes the law and attempts to prevent...   Read full story »

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