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Date: 2001-11-12
Ausnahme/zustand United Kingdom
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Laut Observer werden britische Sozialdemokraten die europäische
Menschenrechtscharta im UK teilweise ausser Kraft setzen.
In den Dreißiger Jahren gab es den Begriff "Sozialfaschismus."
Sein Inhalt: Im Grunde seien Sozialdemokraten die besseren, weil
effektiveren Faschisten. Glaubwürdigkeit: Nicht so besonders hoch,
weil er von Seiten der Stalinistischen KPs kam.
Was heute ist steht hier:
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Britain placed under state of emergency
· Rights law scrapped for internment
Kamal Ahmed, Antony Barnett and Martin Bright Sunday
November 11, 2001 The Observer
Britain is to be placed under a state of 'public emergency' as part of
an unprecedented government move to allow internment without
trial of suspected terrorists.
In a historic initiative that will incense civil liberties groups, David
Blunkett, the Home Secretary, will lay the order before the House
of Commons in the next 48 hours, to be followed by anti-terrorist
legislation which will be rushed through in the next four weeks.
The order, which says the events of 11 September are 'threatening
the life of the nation', will allow Britain to opt out of Article 5 of the
European Convention on Human Rights, which bans detention
without trial.
It will pave the way for indefinite imprisonment of foreign nationals
who the Government suspects are terrorists, and comes less than
24 hours after warnings from America that Britain is a top target for
Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda terrorist network.
The move reveals the seriousness the Government places on the
threat to Britain. Such orders can be used only in times of war or
when there has been an event that puts the security of the nation
at risk. Whitehall sources said the order would not be reviewed 'for
at least a year'.
Internment was last used during the Gulf war against Iraqis
suspected of links to Saddam Hussein's army. It has also been
used against terrorist suspects in Northern Ireland and Germans
during the Second World War. It is the first time the Government
has sought such a major opt-out of the Convention, which is the
cornerstone of human rights laws in the country.
John Wadham, director of Liberty, said it would seek to challenge
the order in the Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. 'This is a
fundamental violation of the rule of law, our rights and traditional
British values,' he said. 'There is no evidence of direct plans to
commit atrocities against Britain.'
Government officials insisted this was a 'formal procedure' and did
not signal a change in the level of risk to the country, but said the
police needed more powers to detain suspected terrorists.
'Britain is closed to terrorism, and we will take whatever action we
can,' the Prime Minister's official spokesman said. 'People will
object to it, but we are absolutely determined to get the balance
right between human rights, which are important, and society's
right to live free from terror.'
Downing Street believes that the public will back the moves, which
it says are necessary to maintain national security. Intelligence
reports suggest a number of terrorists linked to extremist Middle
Eastern organisations have attempted to enter the country using
the cloak of asylum laws.
The official spokesman said a handful of people would be targeted
by the new laws and they would be offered the opportunity to travel
to a third country if it could be arranged.
Even suspects who attempt to travel through British airports can be
detained if the new terrorism laws are passed.
The Government plans to rush the legislation through both Houses
of Parliament by Christmas and is hoping for cross-party support.
The public emergency order will be the first of a series of
controversial measures closing what the Government says are
loopholes in the law. As well as internment, the terrorism Bill will
contain new laws to tackle religious hatred and harsh sentences for
people behind 'non-bomb' hoaxes, such as anthrax scares.
It will also contain new measures against money- laundering and a
crackdown on bureaux de change, which are often used to move
terrorists' assets, and will order banks to scrutinise and report on
any suspicious transactions.
New bills on fast-track extradition laws and asylum reform are not
now expected until the new year.
*The Home Office is also planning to seize passports from British
Muslims who are planning to travel abroad to fight for the Taliban or
Osama bin Laden.
Home Office Minister Angela Eagle has confirmed she will give
'serious consideration' to powers at present used against football
hooligans trying to travel abroad.
The law allows action against 'a person whose past or proposed
activities are so demonstrably undesirable that the grant or
continued enjoyment of passport facilities would be contrary to the
public interest'.
Andrew Dismore, Labour MP for Hendon, said he would now pass
a list of names to Eagle of people who had expressed a desire to
travel abroad to fight for the Taliban. 'It is clear that if any British
Muslim says he wants to travel to Afghanistan to try to kill British
or US soldiers, then that is clearly against the public interest and
his passport should be removed,' Dismore said.
Source
http://www.observer.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,591394,00.html
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published on: 2001-11-12
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