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Increasing pressure to close down Guantánamo

Jun 8, 2005

Pressure on the US Government to close the detention centre at Guantánamo Bay is increasing. Criticism has been recently expressed by former US Presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter. Several human rights organizations such as Amnesty International and the Center...

ICJ joins NGO call for action against the use of diplomatic assurances

Jun 8, 2005

The ICJ joined seven international human rights NGOs expressing concern over the increasing reliance on diplomatic assurances by governments in Europe and North America when sending alleged terrorist suspects to countries where they are exposed to serious risk of...

US House of Representatives blocks Patriot Act’s provision on libraries records

Jun 8, 2005

In a review of part of the Patriot Act, the House of Representatives voted on 14 June to block a provision that allows the FBI to access records of libraries and bookstores. While this revision still requires Senate approval, the Justice Department defended the...

Venezuela requests the US to extradite a Cuban terror suspect

Jun 8, 2005

On 17 May US immigration authorities arrested Luis Posada Carriles for illegally entering the country. Venezuela requested Posada’s extradition as he escaped from a local jail while awaiting trial in 1985. Mr. Posada is accused of masterminding the blowing-up of a...

Chile: Mapuche leaders re-tried under anti-terror legislation

Jun 8, 2005

Eight Mapuche community leaders will be retried under Chilean anti-terror legislation after the Supreme Court annulled the first proceedings last April, in which the defendants had been acquitted. The indigenous leaders are accused of forming a terrorist organization...