Control orders are dehumanising, abusive and should be scrapped

Control orders are dehumanising, abusive and should be scrapped

If a person is suspected of terrorism, then they should be tried in court. To be judged without trial is an abuse of human rights



Robin Simcox's liberty central article argues that the control order scheme should not be abandoned because it offers the best policy the UK has in challenging terrorists who cannot be tried in a court of law because the evidence against them has to be kept secret. However, it is commonplace for those on the right to argue in favour of waiving away the rights of a minority in order, they allege, to protect the majority.