CAGE submission on the Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill (CTBS) 2018

CAGE responds to a call for evidence on the Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill (CTBS) 2018. The CTBS Bill builds upon and expands many aspects of British anti-terrorism law that have been controversially amassed over the past 18 years. The dangers presented in this Bill are three-pronged. These include: 1. Strengthening the hard arm of policing, by introducing new and broader terror-related offences and longer prison sentences; 2. Widening the scope of surveillance and intelligence-gathering outside the sphere of crime, with new powers to stop, search and detain individuals without suspicion; and 3. Securitising the public sector and space further, by co-opting local authorities further into the counter-terror apparatus. We believe that the CTBS Bill will increase an already unreasonable security environment in the UK, beyond all measure of necessity. <hr /> [fusion_button link="http://www.cage.ngo/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/CAGEBriefing_CounterTerrorismandBorderSecurityBill2018_July-2018.pdf" title="" target="_self" link_attributes="" alignment="center" modal="" hide_on_mobile="small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility" class="" id="" color="default" button_gradient_top_color="" button_gradient_bottom_color="" button_gradient_top_color_hover="" button_gradient_bottom_color_hover="" accent_color="" accent_hover_color="" type="" bevel_color="" border_width="" size="large" stretch="no" shape="" icon="" icon_position="left" icon_divider="no" animation_type="" animation_direction="left" animation_speed="0.3" animation_offset=""]Download the submission here[/fusion_button]