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USA: UN experts finds secret detentions and renditions to be in violation of Torture Convention

Jun 16, 2006

On 9 May, the UN Committee against Torture examined the United States’s periodic report under the Convention against Torture and concluded that any secret detentions and renditions of terrorist suspects would violate the Convention against Torture and called for the...

Israel: Parliament approves bill authorizing incommunicado detention

Jun 16, 2006

On 27 June, the Knesset passed a law on detention, valid for 18 months, allowing security forces to detain persons suspected of “security” offences for up to 96 hours before being brought before a judge and for up to 21 days without access to a lawyer. ICJ...

Israel: High Court of Justice upholds ban on family reunification

Jun 16, 2006

On 14 May, the High Court of Justice upheld a law, presented as a measure to prevent terrorist attacks, which forbids Israeli citizens and their spouses from the Occupied Territories from living together in Israel. On 25 June, the Cabinet decided to extend the...

Bahrain: Anti-terrorism bill reintroduced into Parliament

Jun 16, 2006

The Government of Bahrain reintroduced a draft anti-terrorism bill, which had been withdrawn when it met with strong opposition from civil society last year. The current bill is almost identical to the withdrawn text; it contains a broad definition of terrorism and...

Kenya: Parliamentary Committee opposes new anti-terrorism bill

Jun 16, 2006

On 5 June, the Parliamentary Committee on administration of justice and legal affairs strongly criticized the draft of the anti-terrorism bill. According to media reports, the Committee believes that the bill is a response to foreign pressure, particularly from the...