Liberty responds to Home Office data on increase in counter-terror arrests
In response to the Guardian article, Ruth Ehrlich, Director of External Relations at Liberty, stated: “The staggering increase in arrests over the previous yr is the clearest indicator that the UK’s counter-terror legal guidelines are not match for objective. “The Government’s present definition of terrorism is so wide-ranging it captures behaviour most individuals would by no means contemplate terrorism. “When it’s not clear what counts as terrorism, public belief collapses…