EU judges end human rights law for press

Anthony Butcher · 18-10-2004, 12:44 PM

Telegraph Article
And the police state starts to reveal itself:

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In a judgment with profound implications for civil liberties, Euro-judges backed efforts by the European Commission to obtain the computers, address books, telephone records and 1,000 pages of notes seized by Belgian police - on EU instructions - from Hans-Martin Tillack, the former Brussels correspondent of Germany's Stern magazine.

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Raymond Kendall, the former Interpol chief and now head of anti-fraud office oversight board, testified to the Lords in May that officials had acted improperly "purely on the basis of hearsay" and were "obviously" in collusion with Belgian police to identify Mr Tillack's sources.

Claiming that the anti-fraud office head had more power to launch raids and seize documents than any other police chief in the world, he said the body was a danger to civil liberties. "They can do whatever they want to do. There is absolutely no control whatsoever," he said.

mkpdavies · 18-10-2004, 12:58 PM

I am starting to think George Orwell was some sort of time traveller or something. Everything he warned about seems to be coming true!

How much more of this are the European people going to take before fighting back?

18-10-2004, 12:58 PM	#2 (permalink)
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