In its effort to fight terrorism, France routinely arrests and prosecutes people for being associated with possible terror suspects, undermining international fair trial standards, Human Rights Watch said in a new report released today. Using the criminal justice system is the right way to fight terrorism, said Judith Sunderland, Europe and Central Asia researcher at Human Rights Watch. But prosecuting people because of who they know and what they think sacrifices basic rights, and that is wrong in principle and dangerous in practice. ...
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