Boy to fight curfew law.A SCHOOLBOY is set to challenge the Government over curfews on young people. The 14-year-old, from London London, city, Canada London, city (1991 pop. 303,165), SE Ont., Canada, on the Thames River. The site was chosen in 1792 by Governor Simcoe to be the capital of Upper Canada, but York was made capital instead. London was settled in 1826. , has been granted legal aid and will claim the Anti-Social Behaviour Act breaches his human rights. The law allows police to impose 9pm curfews on any unsupervised under-16s in some areas - even if they have done nothing wrong. Barry Hugill, of the civil rights group Liberty, said: 'No other country in Europe imposes anything like this. 'There's no curfew curfew [O.Fr.,=cover fire], originally a signal, such as the ringing of a bell, to damp the fire, extinguish all lights in the dwelling, and retire for the night. The custom originated as a precaution against fires and was common throughout Europe in the Middle Ages. in Baghdad but we've got them here.' |
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