UCA President warns Prime Minister about anti-terror laws

Uniting Church President Rev Dr Dean Drayton has written to the Prime Minister from the Uniting Church in Australia, to express deep concern about the proposed Anti-Terrorism Bill 2005.  "We believe these laws, in seeking to curb terrorism, do so at the expense of key democratic values of the very society they aim to protect," he said.  "We note the increasing weight of legal opinion that these laws violate human rights obligations recognised by Australia, and undermine the rule of law and the constitution." 

Read the full text of Dr Drayton’s letter HERE.

Photo : UCA President Rev Dr Dean Drayton