Sleepwalk - Say 'No' to 42 days!

Sleepwalk - Say 'No' to 42 days!

Sign the petition: http://www.protectthehuman.com/videos/sleepwalk-say-no-to-42-days-

This autumn the Government wants to push through a Bill allowing police to lock people up for 42 days without charge if they are suspected of a terrorism-related offence. When the Counter-Terrorism Bill comes back to the House of Commons, your MP will have a chance to help defeat it: the Bill only passed by nine votes last time, so it will be close.

Allowing police to lock people up for a month-and-a-half without charge will undermine basic human rights to which everyone in the UK is entitled. It will also damage community relations, make intelligence gathering more difficult and possibly ruin the lives of innocent people. This Bill needlessly sacrifices important civil liberties but gains nothing in the way of security.

The only way to convince MPs to vote against 42 days is to show them how many of their constituents are against this unnecessary and counter-productive piece of legislation.

Film by Dark Fibre for Amnesty International UK

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Tags:

• 42
• days
• detention
• terrorism
• amnesty

[Donaldm28]

Amnesty rocks ! :D

[Powerjen]

At least the Bill was defeated by the Lords last night by 309 votes to 118!

Stop this becoming law NOW!!

[theamazingplant2]

sooooooo is this bill in effect now?!!!! holy crap i better go hide.

[alasdair0j]

whos that doin voice over at the end?

[shirliechau]

I never agree with it. It is easily to be unlawful by evil people if they control government.

[LoneBladeSharp]

The fact is, we can protest, and scream and shout on the internet all we like - we voted (or failed to vote against) the people who will or won't agree to this legislation. We all helped push the ball from the top of the hill - it's just how much gets in the way as it heads towards a completely ridiclous level of governmental state control.

[Thesmitster]

Wow, who would agree to this?!

[anthonyo4]

watching the debate now on bbc parliament and there are some idiots who support this legislation. I cant believe people have allowed it to go this far.