Britain’s anti-terror laws need urgent review, according to parliament’s joint committee on human rights.

Its report questioned the “permanent state of emergency” which the government has used to introduce a number of counter-terrorism measures.

“Since September 11th 2001 the government has continuously justified many of its counter-terrorism measures on the basis that there is a public emergency threatening the life of the nation,” the report stated.

“We question whether the country has been in such a state for more than eight years. This permanent state of emergency inevitably has a deleterious effect on public debate about the justification for counter-terrorism measures.”

Politics.co.uk

• MPs call for review of all anti-terrorism laws (newstatesman.com)
• Terror threat questioned by committee (telegraph.co.uk)
• MPs Demand Full Review Of Terror Alerts (news.sky.com)
• Review all terror laws, say MPs (news.bbc.co.uk)

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