UK to introduce a form of "pre-emptive"justice "thought crimes" and guilt by association

Published on: May 1st, 2004
Modified on: June 2nd, 2005
Twenty years after 1984, the date for George Orwell’s dystopian vision, the British home secretary hopes to introduce a new category of imprisonable offence—“thought crime,” or guilt by association. According to two recent newspaper articles, David Blunkett is considering jailing those who merely “sympathise” with so-called extremist Islamic groups or who continue to “associate” with alleged terrorist suspects....
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