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France is seeking an extension of the state of emergency imposed after the Nov. 2015 Paris terrorist attacks until at least May 2017:
The French government will ask parliament for a second extension to the state of emergency imposed in the wake of the November 2015 attacks in Paris, Prime Minister Manuel Valls said on Tuesday. Speaking to lawmakers, Valls said France's upcoming elections and its backing for the Western coalition fighting Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria meant that the threat of further atrocities could not be ignored.
Is French freedom gone for good (or bad)?
Some fear that France itself is adrift, its government unable to defeat the amorphous extremist enemy even as authorities encroach on liberties the French hold dear. While French warplanes are targeting ISIS strongholds in Iraq and Syria, the state of emergency at home allows broadened police powers to search homes and monitor communications. But it could not prevent further attacks on France over the past year, including a truck rampage in Nice by a man claiming allegiance to ISIS. "Yes, terrorism will strike us again," Prime Minister Manuel Valls warned this weekend.
The International Federation for Human Rights warned in a recent report: "France is now in a situation where an 'exceptional' regime is becoming permanent, in the name of combating terrorism. But there is little evidence that this approach is working and it comes at a cost to fundamental rights."
Also at BBC and RT. Here is an older article about the state of emergency.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 16 2016, @07:55AM
Then it happened again in 2001 for the USA, with no end in sight, and it's not going well for the dozens of prisoners in Guantanamo concentration camp, nor for any of the thousands of American citizens accused of terrorism.
But let's just forget that America continues to be pure evil.
(Score: 2) by isostatic on Wednesday November 16 2016, @08:11AM
That goes without saying. We don't constantly harp on about water being wet either, it's obvious.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 16 2016, @08:44AM
Godwin is not compulsory either.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 16 2016, @05:58PM
Godwin is not compulsory either.
It is when Hitler did it too.
(Score: 4, Informative) by art guerrilla on Wednesday November 16 2016, @12:03PM
one presumes you are referring to the factoid that WE have been under a 'state of emergency' since nine one one...
it has been quietly renewed every 6mos/year, they are *supposed* to give an updated reason for doing so, but nobody pays attention because, well, because Empire does whatever the fuck it wants and doesn't explain shit to anyone...
but not worth a news story, but france doing the same, is...
hmmm...
(Score: 2) by butthurt on Thursday November 17 2016, @11:13PM
It's worse than that.
Since 1976, when Congress passed the National Emergencies Act, presidents have declared at least 53 states of emergency — not counting disaster declarations for events such as tornadoes and floods, according to a USA TODAY review of presidential documents. Most of those emergencies remain in effect.
Even as Congress has delegated emergency powers to the president, it has provided almost no oversight. The 1976 law requires each house of Congress to meet within six months of an emergency to vote it up or down. That's never happened.
-- http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2014/10/22/president-obama-states-of-emergency/16851775/ [usatoday.com]