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Nepal: New Government decides to withdraw all cases under Terrorism Ordinance

Jun 16, 2006

On 12 June, the new Government decided to withdraw all cases under the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Ordinance (TADO), enacted by the previous royal government, not to file new cases and to release all individuals detained under the Ordinance. The...

Canada: Supreme Court hears constitutional challenge against national security certificates

Jun 16, 2006

On 13-15 June, the Canadian Supreme Court heard Adil Charkaoui’s constitutional challenge against “security certificates”, under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. Security certificates have been criticized as violating the right to a fair trial by allowing...

USA: Court dismisses El-Masri case on grounds of state secrets

Jun 16, 2006

On 18 May, a District Judge dismissed a case filed against the former CIA Director and several CIA agents by Khaled El-Masri, a German citizen who was allegedly abducted from Macedonia and tortured by the CIA. The judge accepted the Government’s argument that the case...

USA: National Security Agency (NSA) possesses database on Americans’ domestic phone calls

Jun 16, 2006

A US newspaper disclosed that the NSA has created a database of telephone records of American citizens from information provided by telephone companies. These revelations prompted lawsuits against telephone companies, aimed at preventing the transfer of such records....

USA: Mounting pressure to close Guantánamo following detainee suicides

Jun 16, 2006

On 10 June, three detainees at the Guantánamo detention facility were found dead in their cells. The incident sparked renewed calls for the closure of the detention facility from UN experts, the European Parliament (EP), governments and non-governmental organizations....