(Source: HRW - Human Rights Watch) French police stop and search a local resident during an operation in Saint-Denis, France. © 2015 Reuters Not since the Algerian War more than a half-century ago has France imposed such sweeping emergency powers. In little more than two weeks since the Paris attacks, French police have carried out well over 1,000 raids nationwide, busting open doors, hauling away scores of suspects without warrants—and even using their new counterterror laws to clamp down on climate-change protesters. In Belgium, where the Paris attacks were hatched, the country remains on alert, and the prime minster has proposed measures such as electronically...
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