UK Civil Liberties - New Labour's Record
Suppression of Anti-War Protestors
During the run-up to the invasion of Iraq, we were
constantly told by Tony Blair that we should at least be grateful
we had the right to protest.
In reality, dissent outside the glare of the media was being
suppressed.
One of the worst cases was RAF Fairford. Here the Anti-Terrorism
laws were systematically applied to prevent citizens making lawful
protests. The police were used by the government to prevent dissent
with blatant disregard for the European Convention on Human Rights.
Anti-terrorism laws were abused to deny people their basic rights of association,
movement and freedom to protest.
The worst atrocity at Fairford was when an anti-terrorist order
was served on an eleven year old girl!
This yet again raises the issue of intent vs capability.
Governments enact potentially draconian legislation assuring us
it'll never be abused. Sooner or later it always is.
Click here for more on the Fairford abuses
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