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Britain may use mediaeval treason law to tackle Islamist fighters

LONDON - Britain may use a mediaeval law dating to 1351 to charge citizens with treason if they go to fight with Islamic State insurgents in Iraq and Syria, Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said.

  

Hammond said any British citizen who had sworn personal allegiance to the so-called Islamic State could have committed an offence under the Treason Act of 1351, which was passed during the reign of English King Edward III.

 

"We have seen people declaring that they have sworn personal allegiance to the so-called Islamic State," Hammond told parliament on Thursday. "That does raise questions about their loyalty and allegiance to this country and about whether the offense of treason could have been committed," he said, adding he would bring the issue to the attention of Home Secretary (interior minister) Theresa May.

 


פרסום ראשון: 10.17.14, 14:32