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Terrorist blacklists back in the dock

By Jim Brunsden  -  17.04.2008 / 00:00 CET

Cases could see overhaul of blacklist system

Groups claim that fundamental rights have been infringed

The Council of Ministers is facing repeated challenges to the operation of its terrorist ‘blacklists', created in the wake of the attacks against the US in September 2001. Given that it has already lost a series of cases at the European Court of Justice, is the survival of the system now at risk?

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