Suspects challenge anti-terror laws in European court

The move means that the government is facing opposition to its anti-terror proposals on three fronts. In addition to the Strasbourg challenge, there is opposition from the Tories, Liberal Democrats and Labour backbenchers, as well as a chorus of calls for phone tap evidence to be allowed in terrorist trials, reports The Guardian. A ruling against the British Government could be potentially devastating to the Home Secretary\'s plans to introduce executive house arrest for both British and foreign terror suspects. The case questions the assumption that terrorism poses an emergency threatening the life of the nation. Full report in The Guardian