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Is the “war on terror” depriving us of our liberties?

The extension to 42 days of the limit on detention without charge for terror suspects got through the House of Commons this week.

LONDON, England - June 16, 2008 - Prime Minister Gordon Brown avoided an embarrassing defeat in the Commons on Wednesday when MPs voted on the issue of extending the time limit on detaining terror suspects from 28 to 42 days without

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Surveillance Society Files: 'Big Brother' snooping law stirs outrage in Sweden!

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - June 16, 2008 - Sweeping new powers under which the Swedish security services can monitor private phone calls, e-mails and text messages are expected to come into force this week under legislation that has prompted outrage in the country.

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Freedom Alert: Sonic weapons to be used against protesters at Democratic National Convention!

DENVER, Colorado - June 13, 2008 - Political activists planning protest rallies at the upcoming Democratic Convention in Denver have their stomachs in knots over a rumor about a crowd control weapon - known as the “crap cannon” - that might be unleashed against them.

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Supreme Court backs Due Process rights for Guantanamo detainees!

WASHINGTON - June 12, 2008 - The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that foreign terrorism suspects held at Guantanamo Bay have rights under the Constitution to challenge their detention in U.S. civilian courts.

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Freedom under Fire: Man who fell off couch laughing at TV show ends up pepper sprayed and arrested!

LONDON, England - June 11, 2008 - A British man who was so amused with BBC1’s "Have I Got News for You" that he fell off his couch in a fit of laughter was not so happy when it got him arrested and pepper sprayed.

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Totalitarian Files: Anti-war protesters banned from demonstrating against Bush!

LONDON, England - June 10, 2008 - London police have announced a ban on anti-war campaigners hoping to protest against President George Bush's visit to Downing Street this Sunday. The Whitehall ban has been immediately condemned as a "totalitarian act" by the playwright Harold Pinter, while Stop the War organizers are urging people to defy it and to demonstrate nearby in Parliamen

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Department of Defense instructed jailers at Guantanamo to destroy interrogation notes!

WASHINGTON - June 9, 2008 - U.S. interrogators of "war on terror" detainees were instructed to destroy handwritten notes that might have exposed harsh or even illegal questioning methods at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a lawyer for one of the prisoners said Sunday.