EU’s war on terror is eroding human rights, Amnesty says

HUMAN rights are being sacrificed in the EU’s fight against terrorism and organised crime, warned Amnesty International.

They carried out the first analysis of its type into the effect of EU legislation devised since the September 11 attacks in the US four years ago.

The report concluded that many of the new laws in fact undermine security and efforts to fight terrorism in Europe by not respecting human rights.