The use of body scanners introduced recently at Heathrow and Manchester airports may be unlawful, the Equality and Human Rights Commission has warned. The Commission's chairman, Trevor Phillips, said today: ''The right to life is the ultimate human right and we support the Government's review of security policies.
''State action like border checks, stop-and-search and full body scanning are undertaken for good reasons. But, without proper care, such policies can end up being applied in ways which do discriminate against vulnerable groups or harm good community relations. 'National security policies are intended to protect our lives and our freedoms, but it would be the ultimate defeat if that protection destroyed our other liberties.''
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