From: mkb30@cam.ac.uk (Matthew Belmonte)
To: BaronessKennedy@liberty-human-rights.org.uk
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 20:19:10 +0000

Dear Baroness Kennedy

Many thanks for your efforts in the Lords to defeat the Government's latest
Prevention of Terrorism Bill.  Secretary Clarke's proposal to give himself the
power of placing Britons under possibly unending house arrest, with no chance
for a fair and open trial, is a slap in the face to the British legal tradition
of the presumption of innocence and an attempt to circumvent the Law Lords'
recent judgement on indefinite detention without trial.  As the House of
Commons all too often has failed to stand up against this government when our
fundamental freedoms are at stake, I'm grateful for the Lords' stewardship of
these freedoms.

Very sincerely

Matthew Belmonte
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