The Forty-two Days Question

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How long should the police be allowed to detain someone as a suspected terrorist without telling them what crime they have committed?
indefinitely (applies only to foreigners)
up to 90 days
up to 42 days
up to 28 days
up to 14 days
up to 7 days
up to 7 days (relating to Northern Ireland)
up to 2 days (in line with other violent crime)
Did you know that the government declared a 'public emergency threatening the life of the nation' within the meaning of Article 15 of the European Convention of Human Rights between 13 November 2001 and 8 April 2005?
Yes
No
Do you believe that it was reasonable for the government to declare a 'public emergency threatening the life of the nation' between 2001 and 2005?
(You can read the debate in Parliament about it here.)
Yes it was reasonable
No it was not reasonable
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