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Contributor [1]
Thursday, July 10, 2003 - 03:00
Categories: 
Human rights [2]
Issue Number: 
118 [3]
Article-Summary: 

Often it is said that the devil is in the detail. This is both true and not true of the new Anti-Terrorism Bill before Parliament. A week of public hearings recently saw speaker after speaker, including veteran human rights lawyer George Bizos, tear the bill to shreds and condemn it as an affront to the rights enshrined in the constitution.

Category: 
Human Security [4]
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http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category.php/rights/16180 [5]
Country: 
South Africa [6]

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