Chile: Government proposes amendments to anti-terrorist legislation

On 3 July, President Michelle Bachelet submitted an amendment to Chilean anti-terrorist legislation to the Senate. The amendment would exclude attacks against property from the list of terrorist offences. Acts affecting life, physical integrity, liberty and public...

El Salvador: National Assembly adopts new anti-terrorism law

On 22 September, the National Assembly passed anti-terrorist legislation criminalizing apologia and public incitement of terrorist acts. The legislation criminalizes other acts such as adulteration of medicine. Concern has been expressed about the wide scope of...

Canada: Commission of inquiry releases report on Maher Arar case

On 18 September, the Arar Commission of Inquiry released its final report on the detention and removal to Syria, by the United States, of Maher Arar, a Syria-born Canadian citizen. The Commission found that the United States detained him based on inaccurate...
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