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'Silence coerced by law is dangerous business'

Bringing coerced silence into the counter-extremism bill is "a very dangerous business" the government's reviewer of terror legislation says.

David Anderson told Mark Mardell that "to start applying the force of the law to people who oppose certain values is a really difficult and dangerous line to go down".

(Photo: Two policemen approaching a protester. Credit: Getty Images)

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