Tourists beware' when visiting Scotland

REMEMBER your passport, midge cream, electrical adapter and the number for Amnesty International.

In a hair-raising passage, the Routard guide to Scotland, published last week, claims the UK government’s anti-terror laws are a blow against freedom in Britain itself. It says: "On British territory, there have been an increasing number of assaults on human rights since the adoption of security measures following September 11.

"The security laws have been criticised by the FIDH (International Federation for Human Rights) and by the United Nations committee for the elimination of race discrimination."

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