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Alberta confiscates anti-nuke signs in Peace River district
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Here's an interesting news article from the Edmonton Journal today, January 21, 2010. The Province confiscated anti-nuke signs from private property while leaving real estate signs untouched, claiming it's just to make the highways safer not an attack on free speech.
http://feeds.canada.com/~r/canwest/F264/~3/UXyADpzqxLc/story.html
International Jurists say human rights undermined by measures using fear of terror
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The following article appeared on the BBC News in February 2009.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7892387.stm
The article begins:
"Anti-terror tactics 'weaken law'
Anti-terror measures worldwide have seriously undermined international human rights law, a report by legal experts says.
After a three-year global study, the International Commission of Jurists said many states used the public's fear of terrorism to introduce measures.
These included detention without trial, illegal disappearance and torture.
