International Commission of Jurists

Australia: Anti-terrorism bill adopted

Dec 8, 2005

The Australian Parliament has adopted a new anti-terrorism bill, which provides for detention without charge for up to 14 days and preventive control orders for up to 12 months. Report Senate Committee Bill Senate...

USA: Senate rejects extension of Patriot Act

Dec 8, 2005

While the House of Representatives voted on 14 December to renew provisions of the Patriot Act, the Senate, expressing concerns about broad surveillance of Americans, rejected the extension of this post 11-September anti-terrorism legislation. This comes following the...

USA: Padilla charged after three-year detention in military custody

Dec 8, 2005

On 22 November, José Padilla, a US citizen held without charge as an “enemy combatant” by the military since 2002, was indicted on terrorism charges. The indictment comes after Padilla’s appeal to the Supreme Court of an earlier decision by a Court of Appeals in...

USA: District Court accepts evidence allegedly obtained by torture

Dec 8, 2005

On 22 November, a US District Court in Virginia convicted US citizen Ahmed Abu Ali of conspiracy to commit terrorist act, rejecting his claims that his video confession, on which the prosecution relied almost exclusively, had been obtained by torture. Abu Ali had been...

USA: ICRC refused access to secret detainees

Dec 8, 2005

The US State Department has acknowledged that the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) does not have access to all prisoners held in US custody and insisted that the ICRC will not be provided such access because terrorist suspects are not entitled to...
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