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Turkey: Government introduces new anti-terrorism bill

Apr 16, 2006

The Government introduced a new anti-terrorism bill which if enacted would widen the scope of crimes falling within the definition of terrorism and severely restrict terrorist suspects’ defense rights. Following his visit to the country in February, UN expert on human...

Russian Federation: President Putin signs new anti-terrorism bill

Apr 16, 2006

On 6 March, President Vladimir Putin signed a new anti-terrorism bill into law. The legislation defines terrorist acts, gives the authorities extensive surveillance powers under special regimes for “state of emergency” and “anti-terrorism operations” and allows the...

UK: Court rules control orders breach human rights

Apr 16, 2006

On 12 April, a High Court judge ruled that the low level of judicial scrutiny of control orders violated the right to a fair hearing under the European Convention on Human Rights. The control order regime, introduced by the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005, allows the...

UK: Secretary of Defence calls for reforms of Geneva Conventions

Apr 16, 2006

On two occasions in April, Secretary of Defence John Reid questioned the adequacy of international law, and in particular the Geneva Conventions, to address the threat posed by terrorism.

UK: New legislation criminalizes “glorification” of terrorism

Apr 16, 2006

On 30 March, the Terrorism Act 2006 was adopted after several months of debate. The Act criminalizes the encouragement of terrorism by “glorification” and provides for detention without charge for up to 28 days. In March, two other security laws – the Identity Cards...