I have heard all this before. In Northern Ireland, we had this debate year after year, and it was pretty much unequivocally proved that detention without trial was a recruiting sergeant for terrorism, rather than something that helped to reduce it. Why does the Minister think that the lessons of history can be ignored today?
Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism
Proceeding contribution from
Lembit Opik
(Liberal Democrat)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 9 July 2009.
It occurred during Legislative debate on Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism.
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