UK Lords rule against anti-terror laws

The indefinite detention without trial of foreign nationals in Britain under emergency terror laws is incompatible with European human rights laws, the UK's Law Lords ruled today.

The indefinite detention without trial of foreign nationals in Britain under emergency terror laws is incompatible with European human rights laws, the UK's Law Lords ruled today.

The decision, which comes as a final blow to former British Home Secretary David Blunkett, throws the UK government’s anti-terror regime into a state of chaos.

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