1 Oct 2006

Reid fights to end torture shield for terror suspects

After the USA, now the UK is starting to legalize Torture:

"JOHN REID, the home secretary, is heading for a showdown with the judiciary over plans to strip some terror suspects of the automatic right to be protected from torture.

Reid is preparing a new anti-terror law that would sideline human rights legislation protecting suspects from torture if ministers ruled there were “overriding considerations of national security”.

Source: Sunday Times - Times Online