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Council of Europe: Special Rapporteur says Europe aided CIA renditions

Jun 16, 2006

On 27 June, Council of Europe (CoE) Special Rapporteur Dick Marty presented his final report to the CoE Parliamentary Assembly. He concluded that several cases of rendition operated by the CIA took place with the complicity of CoE member states. The Assembly...

Turkey: Parliament adopts new anti-terrorism bill despite criticisms

Jun 16, 2006

On 29 June, the Grand National Assembly approved an amendment to the 1991 Anti-Terror Law. The amended legislation widens the scope of terrorism offenses and introduces a new offense of creating propaganda for the purposes of a terrorist organization. A variety of...

Germany: Constitutional Court rules against trawling of databases

Jun 16, 2006

On 22 May, the German Constitutional Court declared that the trawling of several private and public databases by the police to identify potential terrorists following the September 2001 terrorist attacks in the US was unconstitutional. The Court held such action was...

Denmark: Two new anti-terrorism laws enter into force

Jun 16, 2006

On 2 June, the Parliament adopted two new anti-terrorism bills, which entered into force on 9 June. The new laws criminalize various forms of supporting terrorism, oblige carriers to store passenger data for one year and give the Danish Intelligence Police (PET)...

Netherlands: Parliament passes new anti-terrorism bill

Jun 16, 2006

On 23 May, the House of Representatives adopted a bill on the Expansion of Competencies in Criminal Investigation and Prosecution. The bill, introduced with other anti-terrorism legislation, permits the use by investigating authorities of special surveillance powers...