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Home Secretary Charles Clarke announces plans to replace detention of terrorism suspects without trial with new "control orders", offering a range of powers including house arrest. He wants house arrest and other powers to replace indefinite jail for foreign terror suspects - something the law lords have ruled against.Is this house arrest any more just than prison? Is it simply replacing Belmarsh prison cells with nicely wallpapered cells?

The Guardian; Wednesday 23/2/05

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