UN experts refused proper access to Guantánamo detainees

Three UN Special Rapporteurs, who had been seeking to visit the Guantánamo Bay detention facilities since November 2001, have rejected a US offer of access because it excluded private interviews with detainees. ICJ...

Peru: Terrorism re-trial of Shining Path leader opens

The second re-trial on terrorism charges of leaders of the Peruvian guerrilla group Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path) opened in Lima on 26 September. In 2003, the Constitutional Tribunal ordered Abimael Guzmán, founder and leader of the guerrilla group, to be retried...

Canada: UN experts criticize terrorism laws

The UN Human Rights Committee has expressed concern about Canada’s counter-terrorism laws and policies, in particular the broad definition of terrorism, a law preventing disclosure of certain security evidence, and the unlimited length of administrative detention of...
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