MUSLIM women will have to remove veils and show their faces to police on request or risk a prison sentence under proposed laws in New South Wales in Australia.

The Australian government has come under fire from civil libertarians and supporters of an Indian doctor accused of links to the failed car bomb attacks on London and Glasgow.

The Australian government said today that a doctor allegedly linked to the failed British car bomb terror plot would be detained for immigration breaches, overriding a magistrate who had earlier granted him bail.