Regulation 18B - Imprisonment Without Trial in "democratic" Britain

[Mortimer]

In 1940 the government of Winston Churchill approved of Regulation 18B which allowed British citizens to be arrested and held without trial for as long as the authorities wished. Most of those arrested were loyal to the UK but did not think the war against Germany was justified. They were tarred as "traitors" and "fifth columnists". The driving force behind the scenes to get this legislation enacted was Neville Laski.
http://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/20 ... ackshirts/

[Hektor]

Interesting. The Smuts-Regime did put those opposing the war publicly into concentration camps all over the country. They also interned Germans and Italians I think. My guess is that their reasoning is similar to that regulation from Britain. South Africa was 'Self-governing' at the time, but they copied lots of things from the British.