Documents leaked to the French national newspaper Liberation, reveal that the government there intends to use the threat of a swine flu pandemic to overhaul legal protections for citizens.
According to documents provided to the daily by a judges’ union, the plan would extend the period police can keep a suspect in detention without charge or a hearing before a judge to up to six months, reports the Agence France-Presse.
The plan also involves denying suspects access to a lawyer for up to 24 hours, holding more secret trials and trying children in adult courts.
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