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Thursday, 10 September 2009 |
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French Government To Use Swine Flu Threat In Crack Down On Liberties
'Documents leaked to the French national newspaper Liberation, reveal that the government there intends to use the threat of a swine flu pandemic to overhaul legal protections for citizens. According to documents provided to the daily by a judges’ union, the plan would extend the period police can keep a suspect in detention without charge or a hearing before a judge to up to six months, reports the Agence France-Presse.
The plan also involves denying suspects access to a lawyer for up to 24 hours, holding more secret trials and trying children in adult courts.'
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