Originally published November 27 2005
France adopts strict anti-terror laws
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
New anti-terror laws in France, which have attracted much criticism, will allow video surveillance and extend wire-tapping privileges for police, in hopes of reducing the threat of Muslim extremist attacks.
The proposed law is aimed at reducing the threat of Muslim extremists and Henri Cuq, the French deputy minister charged with parliamentary relations, predicts the French National Assembly will adopt the legislation by the year's end.
The bill would broaden police authority to use video surveillance and track citizens traveling to regions such as Afghanistan; toughen prison sentences for indicted terrorists and their accomplices; and give crime-fighting authorities new powers to monitor telephone lines and Internet cafes.
Critics, however, argue the legislation foreshadows a dimming of freedom across Europe.
"The idea of surveilling and checking the movements of people suspected of belonging to terrorist movements is an idea we can agree with," said Jean-Pierre Dubois, president of France's Human Rights League.
"But we don't need a law for that.
French police have been doing it for years."
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