Egypt: Taba bombing followed by mass arrests and torture
The Egyptian Organisation for Human Rights, ICJ affiliate in Egypt, undertook a fact-finding mission to Arish and documented the arrest of 3,000 people since the Taba bombings that took place last October. The report also documents serious allegations of torture...Saudi Crown Prince calls for the establishment of counter-terrorism centre
At the international conference on counter-terrorism held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from 5 to 8 February, Crown Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia emphasized that terrorism does not belong to any particular religion or system and called for the establishment of an...
International Commission of Jurists observes Palestinian Presidential elections
At the request of its West Bank affiliate Al Haq, the ICJ sent a delegation of international observers to the Presidential elections of the Palestinian Authority, which took place on 9 January 2005.
Human rights body criticizes anti-terror law in Morocco
After considering Morocco’s report under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the UN Human Rights Committee criticized the Moroccan Government’s May 2003 counterterrorism legislation including: its broad definition of terrorist acts, according to...Recent News
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