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Colombian Anti-Terrorism Policy threatens rule of law and human rights

Dec 8, 2004

Legislative measures, associated with Colombia’s democratic security policy are leading to the dismantling of the rule of law, deterioration of the human rights situation and new forms of human rights violations such as mass detentions, found the Colombian Commission...

Chile: Acquitted: Mapuche community leaders tried under Chilean anti-terror legislation

Dec 8, 2004

Leaders of the Mapuche indigenous community, charged with forming an illegal association focusing on land rights issues, and tried under the Chilean anti-terror legislation, have been acquitted by a local court. Human rights NGOs had repeatedly said that the...

US court strikes down provisions of US Patriot Act

Dec 8, 2004

In a challenge to the US Patriot Act, which gives the Government new powers to investigate suspected terrorists, the US District Court for Southern New York ruled that government investigators cannot force telecommunications companies and internet services providers...

USA: Federal judge rules US Military Commission violates Geneva Convention

Dec 8, 2004

The Military Commission trial of Salim Ahmed Hamdan, allegedly the former driver of Osama bin Laden, was stayed when a Federal Court judge found that unless a competent tribunal, in line with Article 5 of the Third Geneva Convention, determines that Hamdan is not...

OSCE Report Criticises Interference with the Media During Russia’s Hostage Crisis

Sep 8, 2004

The OSCE Representative on the Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, released a critical report on the media coverage of the recent terrorist attacks in Beslan, North Ossetia. The report documents insufficient, contradicting and incorrect information from the...