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UK Asian people 42 times more likely to be held under terror law - People from ethnic minorities more likely than white people to be stopped under schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act

01 May 2011

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UK: Asian people 42 times more likely to be held under terror law - People from ethnic minorities more likely than white people to be stopped under schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act (Guardian, link): "The power is contained in schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000, which allows police to stop people at ports and airports for up to nine hours without the need for reasonable suspicion that they are involved in any crime."

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