Sentences with phrase «terror suspects beyond»

And Mr Blair said the question of extending the detention time limit for terror suspects beyond 28 days would be included in these - making clear he still supported the idea.

Lord Falconer also objected to the proposed parliamentary safeguard, where MPs would have to approve holding a terror suspect beyond 28 days.

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The former attorney general today told MPs he was «not persuaded» of the need to extend the period terror suspects can be detained without charge beyond its current 28 - day limit.

The legislation raises a plethora of issues and significantly alters the security landscape: It gives the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) powers beyond intelligence gathering (to actively target threats and derail plots); creates new offences (criminalizing «terrorist propaganda» and the «promotion of terror»); lowers the legal threshold to trigger detention to those who may carry out an offence from the existing standard of will carry out to may carry out; extends preventive detention for «suspected» terrorists from three days to seven days (inconsistent with the constitutional presumption of innocence); legally entrenches a no fly list; and grants government agencies explicit authority to share private information with domestic and foreign entities.