U.N. rights chief says anti-terror measures can backfire

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GENEVA (Reuters) - United Nations human rights chief Navi Pillay told governments on Monday that trying to fight terrorism by limiting personal freedoms and mistreating suspects could only worsen the problem. She spoke as Britain and France were considering tightening anti-terror laws and surveillance after the killings of two soldiers in London and Paris, and as U.S. President Barack Obama renewed his efforts to close the Guantanamo prison camp in Cuba. Pillay, speaking at the opening of the spring session of the U.N. ...




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