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John Morley: “Quite early after my coming to the India Office, pressure was put on me to repeal the Regulation of 1818, under which…”

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Quite early after my coming to the India Office, pressure was put on me to repeal the Regulation of 1818, under which men are now being summarily detained without trial and without charge, and without intention to try or to charge.
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John Morley

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Morley recounts the pressure he faced to repeal a controversial regulation affecting detainees in India.

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