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 rights and counter-terrorism, Martin Scheinin, raised concerns about the broad definition of terrorism contained in existing legislation.
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