Despite government claims that these rules target only terrorists and drug-runners, the right of arbitrary arrest has been exercised far more widely, creating a general public fear of crossing the authorities.
The Metropolitan police says it has the power and right to arrest Assange for breach of bail if he steps outside the embassy.They have also delivered a letter to the embassy demanding that Assange surrender himself.
The lawyer, Sanford A. Rubenstein, who has also sued the city on behalf of Abner Louima, the man tortured in the bathroom of a Brooklyn police station, said Mr. Kaiser's legal action will accuse the city of violating Mr. Kaiser's civil rights, of false arrest and of inflicting emotional distress.
Other subsections of Article 9 enshrine rights accorded to persons who have been arrested, namely, the right to apply to the High Court to challenge the legality of their detention, the right to be informed of the grounds of arrest, the right to counsel, and the right to be produced before a magistrate within 48 hours of arrest.
Brian Roland Tangherlin, 22, was charged with obstructing a public right-of-way and resisting arrest with violence, and Rolando Prieto, 23, was charged with obstructing a public right-of-way and inciting a riot.
Legal opinion considers the right of freedom from arrest as extremely limited in application, if at all.
"We should never undermine the right of a person arrested to have their rights read to them," he said.
· Undermining human rights of people arrested outside Afghanistan, particularly six Algerians seized in Bosnia in apparent violation of Bosnian and international law.
Some human rights groups have come forward and complained that this show is exploitative and disrespectful to the privacy rights of those arrested and a petition has been started to cancel "Border Security".
Some human rights groups have come forward and complained that this show is exploitative and disrespectful to the privacy rights of those arrested and a petition has been started to cancel 'Border Security.' Evidently Vic was highly titillated by the show because he's still defending the production, adding that no one was massively exploited and they're illegal immigrants… so whatever, relax.
