If true, this is illegal, repressive, and horrible.

‘The failure of States to comply with their legal duties is creating a dangerous situation wherein terrorism, and the fear of terrorism, are undermining basic principles of international human rights law’

‘The single most pernicious threat to liberty today is humanity’s natural tendency to misunderstand the statistics of rare events’

A perfect example of how one person's terrorist is another person's freedom fighter.

I'm glad that they didn't imprison her, but I still feel that her trial and conviction was a dangerous misuse of anti-terrorist legislation.

Sauce for the gander?

A must-read.