Civil-liberties groups object to such a wholesale attack on freedom of movement, claiming that it might actually increase offending by criminalising millions of otherwise law-abiding children.

ECONOMIST: Youth crime

She was asked if her Hollywood friends object to a show that routinely tosses civil liberties into the trash can in the fight against terrorism.

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Some reformist groups also object, arguing that the changes do not strengthen civil institutions enough, and raise the scope for corruption by lessening the time required between a public official's leaving office and his standing in some election.

ECONOMIST: Guatemala