Commenting on Government proposals to rush ‘control orders’ through Parliament despite growing opposition Shami Chakrabarti, Director of Liberty, said:

“Eight hundred years of the right to a fair trial in this country could be overturned within fourteen days.

The presumption of innocence, like innocence itself, is easier lost than regained.

There has rarely been a more important time for people of all parties and none to stand up for Britain's democratic traditions."