UK Legislative Proposal/Draft Terrorism Bill

The Draft Terrorism Bill 2005, made available by The Guardian, has spurred hot debates in the UK over the past month. The most controversial parts of the Bill concern the extension of detention without charge from 14 to 90 days and the creation of a new offence of encouragement and ‘glorification’ of terrorism. The offence of ‘glorification’ concerns any terrorist attack committed over the past 20 years. It is the Home Secretary who will decide upon the events that cannot be ‘glorified’ under the new Bill. Under criticism from civil rights organisations, the Lib Dems and the Conservatives, provisions in the Bill could be subject to modification.

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UK Draft Terrorism Bill 2005