New report on the abuse of material witnesses law

In a joint report, Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union documented abuses of the US material witness law to detain indefinitely Muslim men in the “war on terror”....

Chile: Mapuche leaders acquitted of terrorism charges

On 22 July six Mapuche leaders were acquitted of terrorism charges by a criminal court in Temuco, southern Chile. The indigenous leaders stood accused of forming a terrorist organization to advance claims to their ancestral land. Pursuant to a ruling of the Supreme...

USA: Senate debates Republican proposal on interrogation policies

Republican Senators led by Senator McCain proposed new legislation to prohibit interrogation techniques that amount to torture or ill-treatment. The proposal also bars techniques of interrogation not authorized by the Army Field Manual on Intelligence Interrogation...

USA: Court paves way for resumption of military commissions

On 16 July a US Court of Appeals reversed an earlier ruling by a US District Court that had halted proceedings by military commissions. In the case of Salim Ahmed Hamdan, alleged former driver and bodyguard of Osama Bin Laden, the Court of Appeals ruled that trials by...
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