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New counter-terror powers designed to tackle the "vaguely defined" crime of hostile state activity threaten the protection of journalistic sources, campaigners for freedom of expression and the press have warned.
In a joint statement, nine organisations including Index on Censorship and Reporters Without Borders have called on the House of Lords to recommend significant amendments to the bill as it reaches the closing stages of its passage through parliament.
Unveiled by ministers in the summer, the counter-terrorism and border security bill proposes broad powers for border guards to stop and search individuals without suspicion on the grounds of tackling "hostile state" activity, and would criminalise travel to terrorist hotspots and the viewing of terrorist-linked material online.