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| Celebrities and MPs join Liberty for Westminster protest against Government’s Counter-Terror plans10 Jun 2008 Liberty will be joined by actor Honor Blackman, designer Vivienne Westwood, Shadow Home Secretary David Davis, Labour MP Diane Abbott, and Lib-Dem Chris Huhne MP in a protest outside Westminster on the eve of the vote on Government plans to extend pre-charge detention to 42 days. Liberty opposes extending pre-charge detention limits which will promote injustice and alienate Muslim communities. Liberty Director Shami Chakrabarti said: “Releasing 42 balloons symbolises our hope that tomorrow Parliamentarians will agree that great democracies don’t lock people up for 42 days without charge.” WHAT: Liberty and supporters to simultaneously release 42 balloons to protest plans to extend pre-charge detention for terror suspects for 42 days. WHO: Liberty Director Shami Chakrabarti; Honor Blackman, Vivienne Westwood, David Davis MP, Dianne Abbott MP, Chris Huhne MP and others. WHEN: Tuesday 10 June 2008, short speech at 16:25 followed by simultaneous 42 balloons release at 16:30. Participants will be available for interviews between 16:30 – 16:45. WHERE: Old Palace Yard, opposite St Stephen's Gate entrance to Houses of Parliament. Click here for map. Contact: Jen Corlew on 0207 378 3656 or 0797 3 831 128
| See pictures of celebrities, MPs, Liberty staff and supporters releasing 42 balloons outside Parliament. Table comparing the detention proposals in the Counter-Terror Bill with existing emergency powers. June 08 (PDF) Liberty's short briefing on the Government’s amendments to the Counter Terrorism Bill, explaining why the amendments would not create a genuine emergency power, June 2008.
Quotes from the growing number of high-profile opponents to extending pre-charge detention, May 2008 (PDF). Read about the international support which has poured in for our Charge or Release campaign, from figures including Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Noam Chomsky.
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