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USA: Congress passes Military Commissions Act

Sep 16, 2006

On 28 September, the US Congress passed the Military Commissions Act of 2006. The Act authorizes trials of terrorist suspects by military commissions and severely restricts detainees’ access to US courts to challenge any aspect of detention, transfer, treatment, trial...

Jordan: National Assembly adopts first anti-terrorism law after Amman bombings

Sep 16, 2006

The National Assembly approved in August a new anti-terrorism law as a response to the Amman bombings last year. Concerns have been expressed about the law’s broad definition of terrorism, provisions allowing detention without access to a lawyer and without judicial...

Bahrain: New anti-terrorism bill signed into law

Sep 16, 2006

On 10 August, the King of Bahrain signed a counter-terrorism bill adopted by the Parliament on 22 July. A number of organizations and experts, including the UN Special Rapporteur on counter- terrorism and human rights, Martin Scheinin, have expressed concerns about...

Amnesty International releases annual report and new report on renditions

Jun 16, 2006

In its annual report, Amnesty International criticized the increase in human rights violations committed in the US-led war against terrorism. In another report, the organization analyzed Europe’s role in secret renditions of terrorist suspects by the United States....

EU experts on fundamental rights release opinion on extraordinary renditions

Jun 16, 2006

On 25 May, the European Union Network of Independent Experts on Fundamental Rights released an opinion on the human rights responsibility of EU member states in the context of extraordinary renditions....