Sentences with phrase «concerned about the civil liberty»

Bishop Paulose who was deeply concerned about civil liberties and other fundamental rights of citizens realized that the Emergency was an attempt to crush democracy by an authoritarian regime.

Tony Blair has told the House of Commons that the need to protect the security of Britain must be put ahead of concerns about civil liberties.

But they must also be concerned about the civil liberty implications if anyone is convicted on the basis of evidence that may be faulty.

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In the absence of any public consultation on such a sweeping package of measures as TTIP represents, anyone concerned about the environment, the NHS, education, civil liberties, public safety or even just democracy in its widest sense, needs to make their voice heard.

Civil liberties groups have expressed deep concern about the proposals, which could see relatives, juries and the press excluded.

That is not to say that the staff of GCHQ haven't expressed their concerns about both the use of intelligence in the war against terror and the threat to civil liberties.

Some in the party - especially members of the David Davis and Dominic Grieve fan clubs - have privately expressed concerns about whether the recently - appointed shadow home secretary, Chris Grayling, shares his predecessors» commitment to civil liberties.

It's a law that activists, civil liberties advocates and concerned citizen types plead about endlessly and earnestly — and to whose pleas the yawns of mass apathy mostly echo back.

A delegation of Canadian civil society groups, including CCLA, was in Geneva last month to participate in a UPR pre-session — CCLA updated States on our concerns about Canada's actions regarding rights and liberties guaranteed by international law and binding upon Canada.