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USA: District court dismisses lawsuit against Rumsfeld

Mar 17, 2007

On 27 March the District Court for the District of Columbia dismissed a lawsuit against former Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and other US military officers. The case was brought on behalfof nine Iraqi and Afghan former detainees. The lawsuit alleged that Donald...

EU: Parliament demands greater transparency in data exchange with the US

Mar 10, 2007

The European Parliament adopted a resolution demanding more transparency on the transfer of financial data to the US authorities through the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT). The resolution followed the release of an opinion by the...

Spain/Portugal: Investigations start into CIA rendition flights

Mar 10, 2007

On 5 February, a Portuguese Prosecutor announced the start of investigations into stopovers made in Portugal by suspected CIA rendition flights. Another investigation into CIA rendition flights is taking place in Spain. Following an order by a high court judge, the...

UN: Expert on counter-terrorism and human rights invited to Israel and the US

Jan 17, 2007

On 6 December, Martin Scheinin, UN Human Rights Council expert on counter-terrorism and human rights, publicly welcomed the positive response from the Israeli Government to his request to conduct a mission to Israel. On 16 January, the expert also announced that the...

USA: Domestic surveillance programme to be overseen by FISA Court

Jan 17, 2007

On 17 January, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that the administration would, from now on, submit all domestic surveillance requests to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) for review and approval, in accordance with the Foreign Intelligence...