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BREAKING NEWS:   17 December 2001
U.K.: New Anti-Terror Law Rolls Back Rights
(New York, December 14, 2001) -- New anti-terrorism legislation adopted yesterday in the U.K. marks another step in the U.K.'s retreat from human rights and refugee protection obligations, Human Rights Watch said today.
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