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Posted by Films For Action on Oct. 17, 2008

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Right to Protest, Right to Freedom of Speech. Right to Privacy. Right not to be detained without charge, Innocent Until Proven Guilty. Prohibition from Torture. TAKING LIBERTIES will reveal how these six central pillars of liberty have been systematically destroyed by the New Labour party and Tony Blair, and the freedoms of the British people stolen from under their noses amidst a climate of fear created by the media and government itself.

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