International Commission of Jurists

UK: New agreement with Lebanon on deportation of terrorist suspects

Feb 16, 2006

On 23 December 2005, the UK signed an agreement with Lebanon that no one deported by the UK to Lebanon will be subject to ill-treatment. This follows the signing of similar agreements with Jordan in August and Libya in October. At a two-day gathering in Beirut, human...

UK: Houses split over glorification of terrorism

Feb 16, 2006

On 15 February, the House of Commons voted to reintroduce clauses criminalizing glorification of terrorism in the new anti-terrorism bill. The House of Lords had removed them in January. The bill will now return to the House of Lords, where  opposition to the offense...

Australia: Legal challenges brought against anti-terrorism laws

Feb 16, 2006

Three terrorist suspects will challenge before the High Court the application of a provision of the 2005 anti-terrorism law, which retrospectively removes the need for prosecutors to prove a suspect was planning a specific terrorist act. On 7 February, the New South...

Bangladesh: Parliament passes new anti-terrorism bill

Feb 16, 2006

On 13 February, the Parliament of Bangladesh passed a bill, which allows intelligence and law enforcement agencies to tap telephone conversations of any individual, despite concerns about its impact on the right to privacy and possible abuse of the law by the...
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