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Terror law used to stop thousands ‘just to balance racial statistics’ • Watchdog says officers misuse terror law • Home secretary to issue new guidance Thousands of people are being stopped and searched by the police under their counter-terrorism powers – simply to provide a racial balance in official statistics, the government’s official anti-terror [...] Carlile statement on photography and terror laws It is inexcusable for police officers ever to use this provision [Section 58A] to interfere with the rights of individuals to take photographs, says the terror law watchdog, Lord Carlile. On page 39 of his annual report, released today, Lord Carlile specifically focuses on the introduction of [...] Carlile warning ‘must not be ignored’, says photo rights lawyer Lord Carlile’s report criticising police misuse of anti-terrorism legislation ‘must not be ignored’, says a leading photography rights lawyer. Reacting to today’s report by the terror legislation watchdog, Rupert Grey, from Swan Turton solicitors, agreed that Section 44 of the Terrorism Act puts police [...] Stop and search: Police under fire over ‘unnecessary’ terror stops Lord Carlile, the terror law watchdog, warns that police use Section 44 of the Terrorism Act unnecessarily and stresses that no stops have ever led to a conviction. The peer said there was little or no evidence that blanket use of Section 44 searches [...] |
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