France, Turkey and human rights: is a state of emergency the new normal?

States of emergency have a dark history of being used in a transformative sense to usher in tyrannical regimes in the guise of confronting a threat to the life of the nation. It would be wise to recall the warnings of British judge Lord Hoffmann that the real threat to the life of the nation comes not from terrorism but from laws such as these.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: France struck on its national day by horrific terrorist attack http://www.europeansources.info/record/france-struck-on-its-national-day-by-horrific-terrorist-attack/

ESO: Background information: Turkey’s Erdogan declares state of emergency after coup bid http://www.europeansources.info/record/turkeys-erdogan-declares-state-of-emergency-after-coup-bid/

Wikipedia: State of Emergency https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_emergency

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