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The European Convention on Human Rights was
incorporated into British law six years ago. Its critics say it's
hampered the fight against crime by protecting the human rights of
criminals.
The Prime Minister, Tony Blair, has admitted his frustration with the
way the law sometimes works. Now the leader of Britain's main
opposition Conservative Party has called for it to be scrapped.
David Cameron says, for example, the right to privacy under the Act
prevented the police from publishing "wanted" posters of foreign
prisoners who had gone on the run when they should have been deported
at the end of their sentences. Mr Cameron says he'd replace the Act
with an American-style British Bill of Rights.