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This is a 5 page paper discussing the recent UK Anti-terrorism laws introduced in the United Kingdom. The Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act which was released in the United Kingdom in December of 2001 has come under a great deal of criticism from politicians, the House of Lords, and human rights activists for its all encompassing restrictions and some apparent violations to the European Council on Human Rights. Already the House of Lords has put together some amendments which will in fact reverse some of the restrictive amendments included in the act.
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the United Kingdom in December of 2001 has come under a great deal of criticism from politicians, the House of Lords, and human rights activists for its all encompassing restrictions
and some apparent violations to the European Council on Human Rights. Already the House of Lords has put together some amendments which will in fact reverse some of the restrictive
amendments included in the act. The current Act as posted by Her Majestys Stationary Office is extensive in the contents which includes sections on terrorist property and the forfeiture of
terrorist cash, freezing orders, disclosure of information, immigration and asylum for suspected international terrorists in regards to their certification, deportation, removal, detention, bail, appeal, review, and legal proceedings. There are
also additional section on refugee convention, special immigration, fingerprints, race and religion, meaning of racial hatred, meaning of fear and hatred, religiously aggravated offences, racial hatred offences, weapons of mass
destruction, amendment of the Biological Weapons Act of 1974 and the Chemical Weapons Act of 1996, nuclear weapons, assisting or inducing weapons-related acts overseas, security of pathogens and toxins, security
of the nuclear industry, aviation security, police powers, retention of communications data, bribery and corruption, and regulations pertaining to the Intelligence Services Act of 1994 and the Terrorism Act of
2000 (Her Majestys Stationary Office, 2002). The Act is extensive there is no doubt, but several issues from within the Act are causing concern. In the worlds efforts to better
control acts of terrorism since the events of September 11, 2001, the new anti-terrorism laws in Britain are seen as going too far. The laws were approved by the Labour
dominated House of Commons and the unelected House of Lords are determined to block key sections of the laws. Most of the conflict from the new Act comes from the
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