New anti-terror powers 'threaten civil liberties'

Theresa May criticised for introducing a bill that will create 'a chilling recipe for injustice'

British Home Secretary Theresa May
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Civil liberties campaigners have condemned the Home Secretary's new counter-terrorism bill, due to be published today, which they say will threaten civil liberties "by closing down the open society [the government] seeks to promote."

The bill is expected to allow authorities to cancel passports at the border for 30 days, force firms to hand over phone and computer information and require schools and colleges to help prevent people from being radicalised.

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