2007 Archives | Page 12 of 20 | International Commission of Jurists

Saudi Arabia: Human rights defenders and lawyers detained on grounds of financing terrorism

Mar 17, 2007

On 2 February, 10 Saudi human rights defenders and lawyers were arrested in Jeddah and Madinah and have been held incommunicado since then. Although no charges have been brought against them, an Interior Ministry official told local newspapers that the men arrested...

Kenya: Wave of arrests and detention of Muslims suspected of terrorism

Mar 17, 2007

Over the last two months, hundreds of Muslims suspected of engaging in terrorism have been arrested after having crossed the Somalian border following the defeat of the Islamic Courts Union (ICU). At least 80 Kenyans and non-Kenyans have reportedly been secretly...

Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood members to be tried by military court

Mar 17, 2007

On 6 February, President Mubarak ordered, under the 1981 emergency law, the trial by a military tribunal of 40 members of the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt’s largest Islamic political group. The members are charged with money laundering and financing of a terrorist...

Egypt: Constitutional amendments approved in referendum

Mar 17, 2007

On 26 March, 34 constitutional amendments were approved in a popular referendum following their adoption by Parliament. The amendments give the President the power to refer people suspected of a terrorist offence to be tried by military or special courts. Concerns...

OAS: American States adopt declaration on counter-terrorism

Mar 10, 2007

On 2 March, the 34 members of the Organization of American States (OAS) adopted the “Declaration of Panama on the Protection of Critical Infrastructure in the Hemisphere in the Face of Terrorism”. The declaration underscores the need to improve the coordination and...