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We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Amend part 58 of the Terrorism Act 2000. More details
Submitted by Numan Hussain – Deadline to sign up by: 27 February 2008 – Signatures: 11
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It is clear that the U.K faces a huge threat from terrorism. However we believe section 58 of the terrorism act is too far reaching.Section 58 states that "Collection of information (1) A person commits an offence if— (a) he collects or makes a record of information of a kind likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism."This does not make exceptions for records that are just someones thoughts e.g. poems or stories.I do not belive we want a thought police. We do not want the police to be distracted from investigating people who pose a real threat. If someone is convicted of this offence they may be sentenced to up to ten years in prison.
