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• Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law.
• Index to Civil Rights Materials and Pleadings.
• Executive Order providing that certain non-citizens accused of terrorism be tried in military courts. ...

• E-mail: lawya@cyber-rights. ...
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• Cyber-Rights & Cyber-Liberties released An Advocacy Handbook for the Non Governmental Organisations: The Council of Europe’s Cyber-Crime Convention 2001 and the additional protocol on the criminalisation of acts of a racist or xenophobic nature committed through computer systems, 01 December 2003.
• , "Anti-Terrorism laws and data retention: war is over?" (2003) Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly, 54(2), Summer, 159-182. Abstract: The Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 signals a determined response to the attacks of September 11th. One aspect involves the facilitation of the use of electronic surveillance in order to prevent, detect or prosecute the perpetrators of terrorism. ...
• Yaman Akdeniz, Director of Cyber-Rights & Cyber-Liberties (UK).
• cyber-rights. ...
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• Cyber-Rights & Cyber-Liberties (UK) Fifth Year Statement - 1997-2002.
• See generally Cyber-Rights & Cyber-Liberties (UK), "Echelon Watch".
• uk: State surveillance in the age of information and rights, (2001) Criminal Law Review, (February), pp. ... cyber-rights. ...
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• Anti-terrorism bills spark civil rights debate By Tom Scheck Minnesota Public Radio February 14, 2002 .
• Civil rights groups and privacy advocates rallied at the state Capitol to protest proposed anti-terrorism legislation moving through the House and Senate. ... Ventura, House Republicans and Senate DFLers all have plans to give law enforcement more tools to monitor and prosecute alleged terrorists, but civil rights advocates say Minnesotans' civil liberties may be violated if the proposals become law.
• Some civil rights advocates say they have problems with all three proposals. ...
• "What we did is took the issue of the threat of terrorism very seriously and put in what it is Minnesota needs that is not addressed at the federal level and had a really good balance," according to Ranum.
• Ventura has also proposed an $18 million anti-terrorism package. ... Some civil rights advocates say they have problems with all three proposals. ...
• "We're talking about legislation that will effect the civil rights of all people in Minnesota and, unfortunately, no one realizes or very few people realize what the extent of this legislation is," says Peter Erlinder, a professor of constitutional law at the William Mitchell College of Law. ...
• "We're talking about legislation that will effect the civil rights of all people in Minnesota and, unfortunately, no one realizes or very few people realize what the extent of this legislation is. ...
• Erlinder says the definition of terrorism in all of the proposals is too vague. ...
• He says lawmakers have been careful to listen to those who have concerns about civil liberties. ...
• We're very cognizant of civil rights and privacy rights and how they effect the people of Minnesota and that's why we've gone about this in a slow and deliberate process," according to Stanek.
• However, civil rights advocates say lawmakers should delay their proposals until next session. ...
• War on Terrorism .

• Queers Undermining Israeli Terrorism .
• Statement of QUIT! Queers Undermining Israeli Terrorism .
• But, under current Israeli law, even if they are granted full Israeli citizenship (which is unlikely), as Palestinians they will be denied equal civil rights with Jews, even Jews who do not live in the country -- they could not own land and they would be ineligible for many social benefits.
• In the current situation, it is impossible for queers to have civil rights in the nation of Palestine, because that nation is denied itsright to exist. You cannot have civil rights when you have no human rights. Our support of national liberation for Palestinians is not a quid pro quo for the Palestinian Authority's recognition of queer rights. ...
• As people who care about queer rights and all other human rights, we demand: .
• Equal civil and political rights for all in Israel and Palestine;.
• We look forward to supporting Palestinian queers in demanding and ensuring the protection of their civil rights in independent Palestine. ...

• Give Security Agencies More Room to Fight Terrorism .
• Any recalibration of civil rights vis-a-vis law enforcement power must start with the recognition that this country stands for a core set of ideals of individual liberty and freedoms. ...
• Several of the terrorists rented homes in suburban communities, which turned out to be ideal hiding places and the staging grounds for terrorism. ...
• First and foremost, we must provide the means to detect and foil illegal activities, cyber-terrorism and terror plots. ...
• The government also should expand economic sanctions against state sponsors of terrorism. ...
• The concern, of course, is the effect these changes and others could have on individual civil rights and liberties. ... Just as freedom of the press may be curtailed in times of war, or the right to be free from unreasonable searches may be rescinded with a showing of probable cause, limits on individual rights in this new all-out war against terrorism must be subject to judicial review. ...
• In expanding the authority of law enforcement to "get the man," we must also invest our legal system with the authority to preside over the process to ensure that civil rights are protected. ...
• Even when faced with the significant threat of international terrorism, law enforcement officials must never engage in inappropriate stereotyping or discriminatory profiling on the basis of ethnicity or religion. ...
• We will not abandon our rights out of false fears, but we will also not forget the harsh reality of Sept. ...
• Osama bin Laden: Exiled Saudi extremist Osama bin Laden is a prime suspect as the mastermind of the terrorism attacks, the United States government has said. ...
• ADL on Anti-Terrorism Legislation .
• Press Release: ADL Supports President Bush's Call for War on Terrorism .

• Civil Liberties:.
• American Presidents have responded to this call time and time again with restrictions on civil rights meant to ensure the safety of the populace. ...
• The historical practice of restricting freedoms during times of war has yielded no tangible evidence of increased safety, but instead has concretely and adversely affected the rights and freedoms of United States citizens - rights and freedoms for which our forefathers fought and died. The current War on Terrorism may lead to restrictions that are as bad, if not worse, than previous civil rights infringements because this is not a declared war on a particular country with a foreseeable end. Without a foreseeable end to the war, there is also no foreseeable end to the infringements on civil rights.
• To find and fight these enemies in the homeland, many argue that civil rights must be restricted to ensure the safety of the American populace, leading to the question: which is the greater evil - having enemies within our borders or having restrictions of our civil rights? I would argue that the restrictions of our civil rights, especially with the War on Terrorism that has no foreseeable end, is the greatest evil of all.
• Today's War on Terrorism is not the first time that there have been executive orders infringing on the civil rights of the people, both citizens and non-citizens, under the protection of the United States. It seems that during the history of the United States, presidents have often felt compelled to infringe on the rights of the American populace, with even greater restrictions on targeted ethnic and national groups, during times of war.
• During the United States Civil War, in 1861, President Abraham Lincoln suspended the writ of Habeas Corpus, or the right to have a judge review one's arrest for lawfulness. While this was later declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court as this power is granted only to Congress, it is an excellent example of a president infringing on the rights of the people to make the populace safer.
• At that time, not only was the writ of Habeas Corpus suspended, but it was also illegal to print, publish, or disseminate any protest of the Civil War. ...
• An even more famous example of civil rights infringement in World War II was the racial profiling and internment of Japanese-Americans, German-Americans, and Italian-Americans. ... Yet, because of the color of their skin, the origin of their ancestors, and the fact that it was wartime, it was acceptable to strip them not only of their civil rights and liberties, but also of their inalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
• Today, we are fighting a new war ¾ the War on Terrorism, which is ironically said to be to protect America's freedom and way of life. ... Bush, with a military order issued on November 13, 2001, has especially restricted the rights of any non-United States citizens placed under the jurisdiction of the United States. In this military order, any non-United States citizen who is suspected of terrorism and is arrested will be subject to a military tribunal, where they are not afforded the rights given to anyone arrested for anything else. ...

• Campaign against the Anti-Terrorism Bill.
• The Government is proposing more "anti-terrorism" laws. ...
• Give police the power to hold "terrorism" suspects for up to 24 hours before being charged, rather than the current 12 hours; .
• Go to the Urgent Action page to learn how to oppose this attack on our rights.
• BULLETIN of the Civil Rights Network.
• Next Civil Rights Network Meeting.
• Two and half years after September 11, it is clear that the Coalition government has developed a distinctive modus operandi when proposing new anti-terrorism laws.
• Philip Ruddock is proposing more anti-terror laws that threaten civil liberties in Australia.
• Muslims and the war on terrorism.
• Anti-terrorism laws feed anti-Islamic sentiment, making Muslims feel under attack.
• Australia's response to asylum seekers in the 'age of terrorism'.
• Human rights and the struggle of the Moro people in Southern.
• This article aims to provide an overview of the current human rights situation of the Moro people in Mindanao and outlines some recent evidences of massive human rights violations resulting from the joint US-Philippine military operations. ...
• On the eve of a special Friday sitting of the Senate to pass new laws banning Hamas and Lashkar-e-Taiba, Joo-Cheong Tham, a law lecturer at La Trobe University who gave evidence to parliamentary committees inquiring into anti-terrorism legislation, argues there's no need for the new laws.
• Joo-Cheong Tham is an Associate Law Lecturer at La Trobe University and has appeared as a witness before parliamentary committees inquiring into anti-terrorism legislation. ...
• Under the cloak of fear mongering after September 11 the Howard government has brought in a series of laws which roll back our democratic rights, our rights to organise, to strike, to demonstrate, and to act in solidarity with others overseas – and there is more to come. These laws do not enhance our security but rather diminish our civil rights and help create a climate of fear. ...

• Public Confused and Conflicted about War on Terrorism Retro Poll Finds by Marc Sapir, Retro Poll Friday May 02, 2003 at 12:58 AM MSapir@compuserve. ...
• When Americans hear specific provisions of the USA Patriot Act they oppose these intrusions into their civil rights by larte margins (avg. ... Yet when asked what impact the War on Terrorism is having upon civil rights, many of the same people say its "strengthening" or having "no impact" upon their rights" (57%). ...
• When Americans hear specific provisions of the USA Patriot Act, they oppose the intrusions of this law into their civil rights by wide margins (average 77%). Yet when asked what impact the War on Terrorism is having upon civil rights, many of the same people say its "strengthening" or having "no impact" upon their rights (57%) .
• make war against Iraq or other countries the government accuses of supporting terrorism when they are not attacking anyone," this same Kansan hesitated and replied: "I'm confused. ...
• In fact, by reporting overly simplified data that shows people in support of the War on Terrorism, the War on Iraq and the President, they hide this confusion, and they conceal the resistance to unprovoked war and loss of our civil rights observed in our polls. ...
• "The pillar of support for war on Iraq and also the abuse of our civil rights is the 40% of the public that do not perceive that Bush, Rumsfeld, Powell and their advisors have used the media in an extensive disinformation campaign--including claims of an Iraqi threat from weapons of mass destruction and connections to the 9-11 terrorists," asserts Dr. ...

• CIVIL RIGHTS and CIVIL LIBERTIES .
• Image of the original draft of the Bill of Rights (from the  National Archives and Records Administration).
• In Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, we will ask ourselves two key questions: .
• As the semester begins, the United States is involved in an ongoing but still quite new kind of armed conflict in the "war against terrorism" that began in the aftermath of 11 September 2001. ...
• reading some of the classic and more recent law review articles in the study of civil rights and liberties; .
• "meeting" a number of people involved with the practice of civil rights and civil liberties law; .
• and reading and critiquing three books, a classic book on a landmark case, a book on civil liberties in wartime written by Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, and a recent book on civil liberties that is highly critical of American policy. ...
• The goals of this course form a series of steps that will ultimately lead to each member of the class being able to analyze independently civil rights and civil liberties in the American constitutional context. ...
• Constitutional Law for a Changing America: Rights, Liberties, and Justice (4th ed. ...
• All the Laws But One: Civil Liberties in Wartime. ...
• Lanahan Readings in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. ...
• Terrorism and the Constitution. ...
• Response to Terrorism and the Constitution book (10%) .
• RESPONSE TO CHIEF JUSTICE REHNQUIST AND RESPONSE TO TERRORISM AND THE CONSTITUTION:.
• Chief Justice Rehnquist's book and the Terrorism and the Constitution book try to help us understand how civil liberties have been impacted in the past during times that America has been involved in conflict and war. ...

• Seeking Common Ground: Civil Rights and Human Rights.
• Harry Belafonte, entertainer, civil rights activist.
• We know very little about terrorism, except for those of us who have been victims of terror within our own circle. ...
• One of the country's best-loved entertainers, Harry Belafonte has also been at the forefront of our nation's struggle for civil rights and the international effort to promote human rights throughout the globe. Belafonte is launching a major new civil rights and human rights initiative, reflecting on America's painful history of racial injustice and commenting on the challenges that remain to advance human rights both at home and abroad.

•     You are Here: Articles > Fire > Feb, 2004 > Article Sponsored Links Content provided in partnership with Print article  Tell a friend  Find subscription deals Emergency powers to tackle terrorism. (Civil Contingencies Bill)Fire, Feb, 2004.
• The Civil Contingencies Bill published last month provides a single framework for civil protection, repealing outdated legislation from the Emergency Powers Act 1920 and the Civil Defence Act 1948. ...
• Douglas Alexander, Minister of State al the Cabinet Office, said: "The Civil Contingencies Bill is an important element of the Government's work to enhance the resilience of the United Kingdom to disruptive challenges. ...
• "We have tightened and strengthened the security people can feel in this country but al the same time listen to concerns about securing civil liberties. ...
• Some civil liberty campaigners have labelled the powers "draconian", as the public could be prevented access to sensitive sites and public gatherings could be banned. Current emergency powers predate European human rights laws, A Government spokesperson countered: "The Bill will modernise the legislative tools available to Government to deal with the most serious emergencies, providing greater flexibility, proportionality, deployability and robustness.
• "The Bill clearly identifies the roles and responsibilities of local responders, ensuring consistency in civil protection activity and enhancing performance. ...
• The Bill will establish a local civil defence framework, largely unchanged from cold war days, requiring local authorities to draw up detailed emergency plans to respond lo major disasters.
• Currently, funding is distributed via the Civil Defence Grant to single tier authorities only, The grant has been dropped from 24. ...
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• Civil Rights Suits During the War on Terrorism.
• Category: Civil Rights & Governmental Tort Liability, Terrorism.
• Civil Rights Suits During the War on Terrorism.
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• The Threat of Terrorism and One Industry's Response.
• Category: Terrorism, Toxic Torts.
• The Threat of Terrorism and One Industry's Response.
• Category: Terrorism, Toxic Torts.
• Category: Civil Rights & Governmental Tort Liability.
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• The Threat of Terrorism and One Industry.
• The Threat of Terrorism and One Industry.
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• The Global Lock-down on Civil Liberties .
• While intense public debate roars on in Canada over new anti-terrorism legislation, governments around the world are passing their own broad anti-terrorism laws at breakneck speed, with virtually no public debate. By circumventing civil rights in the name of 'security', governments on all continents are, in effect, 'locking down' against forceful political, religious and ideologically motivated protest. In response, human rights organizations, activists, and citizen's groups all around the world are mounting continuous protests against these draconian new laws. ...
• A Global Lock-down on Civil Liberties .
• Public opposition to Canada's anti-terrorism legislation -- Bill C-36 and the companion Bill C-35 -- has been widespread and remarkably non-partisan. The Canadian Bar Association and the Canadian Civil Liberties Association have been highly critical of the vagueness of key terms in the legislation, and of the fact that the more controversial provisions are not limited by a sunset clause. ...
• The move to implement a global anti-terrorism legal regime has been swift. ... In the United Kingdom, three new anti-terrorism Acts are now being considered, and a Bill to implement mandatory identification cards may also be introduced. Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin has spoken about the need to amend already existing anti-terrorism legislation to address new threats, and Mexican President, Vicente Fox, has talked about the need to create new legislation to facilitate the war against terrorism. ... Very recently, the Indian government proposed the Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance (POTO). This ordinance will permit authorities to detain terrorism suspects for six months without trial, and the burden will lie on the suspect to prove that he or she is not a terrorist. Anti-terrorism laws are not entirely new. ... Peru and Colombia passed elaborate anti-terrorism laws during the 1990s and used these laws to arrest thousands of dissidents. ... It is important to note that anti-terrorism criminal laws apply only to individuals and groups, and not to States, even though ideologically motivated State violence is pervasive.
• The concerted global effort of governments to eradicate international terrorism has been guided in part by a United Nations committee. On November 21, 2001, the United Nations General Assembly's Sixth Committee adopted a resolution to resume negotiations at the end of January on a Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism. The New York-based Human Rights Watch has called on the United Nations to amend the proposed treaty to ensure that it does not adversely impact on refugee protections, freedom of expression and international humanitarian law.

• Civil Liberties and America’s War on Terrorism By Mary-Kate Smith, Winsted.
• While it is important for our governors to take action to protect the safety of Americans, those actions must be carefully planned so that they do not trample on hard-won civil rights and liberties. ...
• First, the FBI’s highest priority is the war against terrorism. Second, the FBI must investigate aggressively, in advance, in order to prevent terrorism. ... " (This means that special agents in charge of field offices can authorize specific anti-terrorism measures without approval from headquarters. ...
• Critics argue that these revisions not only disregard but threaten core civil liberties which are at the heart of our democracy. ...
• He worries that the new guidelines could turn back time to the counter-intelligence programs of the 1960s and 1970s when the FBI spied extensively on civil right activists, religious organizations and peace activists, including Martin Luther King, Jr. ...
• Nevertheless, the "Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA Patriot) Act of 2001" is now law.
• Additionally, the law gives the federal government enhanced surveillance power that expands its authority to intercept oral, wire and electronic communications relating to terrorism and computer fraud offenses. ... constitutional protections because they disregard civil liberties and current due process requirements.
• Bush issued a military order that authorizes special military tribunals to try foreigners who are suspected of terrorism. ...
• The United States government has approximately 325 detainees in custody even though only one of them, Zacarias Moussaoui, is accused of terrorism. ...
• The Attorney General forgets that without public debate and a knowledgeable citizenry, our civil rights, liberties and democracy erode. ...

• On September 19, only eight days after the tragic terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, the Bush Administration unveiled its proposed Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA), legislation that included many changes to the nation's current surveillance laws. ...
• The definition of "terrorism" is too broad, permitting the special surveillance powers granted in this legislation to be applied far beyond what is commonly thought of by the term. Under the definition proposed by the Administration, even acts of simple civil disobedience could lead organizations such as People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) to become targets of "terrorist" investigations.
• Many of the expansions in surveillance authority being considered are not limited to even the broad definition of terrorism investigations.
• Few of the provisions being discussed are needed for the current terrorism investigations, so Congress should take the time to do it right. ...
• Security and civil liberties do not have to be at odds. ...
• (Anti-Terrorism Act or ATA) .
• Disclosure not limited to terrorism cases. ...
• It removes judicial oversight from the process, and isn't limited to terrorism cases. ...
• New surveillance powers should be limited to terrorism.
• (Anti-Terrorism Act or ATA) .
• Limits use of FISA PR/TT searches to the purpose of protecting against terrorism or foreign espionage, and bans their use based on activities protected by the First Amendment. ...
• Allows access to tangible things with an administrative subpoena instead of a court order when those things are "relevant" to an intelligence or terrorism investigation.
• of Justice to seek warrants for educational records related to terrorism. ...
• Such access should be subject to a showing that the subject is an agent of foreign power and that an investigation involves terrorism. ...
• New surveillance powers should be limited to terrorism.

• Civil Liberties Groups Rally Against Anti-Terrorism Law .
• Privacy worries cause groups to protest some aspects of anti-terrorism law.
• -- A broad and politically diverse coalition of public-interest groups urged Congress last week not to blindly approve a sweeping new anti-terrorism law proposed by the Justice Department in the wake of last Tuesdays terrorist attacks. ...
• Americans for Tax Reform -- a generally conservative-leaning lobbying group -- has joined the American Civil Liberties Union, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, the Council on American-Islamic Relations and roughly 150 other organizations of every political stripe to form In Defense of Freedom. Groups Worry About Surveillance In their first press conference, the members of In Defense of Freedom made it clear that their first order of business as a unified group would be to challenge several provisions contained in a draft anti-terrorism law proposed to Congress by Attorney General John Ashcroft last week. Council on Foreign Relations Senior Fellow Morton Halperin, who moderated the press conference, said that the United States can find ways to boost security "without trampling on the rights and freedoms of all of us. ... "There are many members on both sides of the aisle and in both houses of Congress who have voiced concerns about these issues," said Wade Henderson, executive director of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights. Among the powerful members of the Senate and House of Representatives singled out by members of the coalition as likely defenders of civil liberties were House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill. ... If the bill comes to a vote in Congress as an unbroken package, the political pressure to pass the anti-terrorism package may be too great for many lawmakers to resist, Norquist said. ...

• July 1— Cities across the country have been quietly staging a revolt against the USA Patriot Act, saying it gives law enforcement too much power and threatens civil rights. ...
• , all passed resolutions that call the USA Patriot Act a threat to the civil rights of the residents of their communities.
• Congress passed the act in October to give federal investigators sweeping new powers to probe terrorism in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks, and soon came under criticism from civil libertarians. ...
• In Cambridge, where the measure passed the city council by a 5-4 margin on June 17, the resolution says in part, "We believe these civil liberties freedom of speech, assembly and privacy; equality before the law; due process; and freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures are now threatened by the USA Patriot Act. ...
• "For me, it was that historically there have been attacks on civil liberties in times of war," Councilman Brian Murphy said when asked why he co-authored the resolution. ...
• , is considering a resolution similar to the ones passed in the seven other cities, and Denver has also passed a resolution that, while not going as far as the others, still expresses concerns about whether USA Patriot might be implemented in such a way that it could threaten civil liberties.
• Though the USA Patriot Act was passed by overwhelming margins in both the Senate — 98-1 — and the House of Representatives — 356-66 — the 342-page law has been criticized by civil libertarians and constitutional rights groups as overstepping the bounds of proper law enforcement procedure.
• "This law is based on the faulty assumption that safety must come at the expense of civil liberties," Laura W. Murphy, the director of the American Civil Liberties Union's Washington National Office, said in that group's analysis of the law. ...
• "The Patriot Act protects civil liberties and is fully within the bounds of the U. ...
• attorney's office in Boston was also unaware that four cities in the state had approved measures that sought information from federal law enforcement about anti-terror actions being taken in their communities and directed local police not to cooperate with federal agencies if they were asked to do things that violated someone's civil rights.
• attorney in Massachusetts and the anti-terrorism coordinator in the state, said the city leaders do not understand the Patriot Act.
• "If one is a civil libertarian, I think the first reaction is, 'Hey, that's one more tool for the government to infringe on our rights,' but if you look at the implementation of the law, that's not the case. ...
• "We're very concerned about civil rights and about potential discrimination against members of our community," she said. ...
• We're just concerned about civil rights. ...

• International Security | Response to Terrorism.
• Terrorism, Defend Muslims' Civil Rights .
• "The American flag," he said, "symbolizes all of our Islamic values: freedom, civil liberties, and respect for human life. ...
• Imam Mehdi Bray, of the Muslim Public Affairs Council, called on Americans not to sacrifice civil liberties, enshrined in the Bill of Rights, which "are our real security. ...
• government has done a good job of protecting American Muslims from backlash, but that law enforcement agencies need to see American Muslims as partners in battling terrorism, and not abrogate their civil rights.

• Civil Liberties/Rights .
• Cultural Civil War  .
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• Civil Liberties & Human Rights.
• NEW  Amnesty Slams "Bankrupt" Vision of US in Damning Rights Report,  France Presse via Common Dreams,  May 26, 2004.
• "The United States has proved "bankrupt of vision and bereft of principle" in its fight against terrorism and invasion of Iraq, human rights group Amnesty International charged in a scathing report.    The London-based organisation's 2004 report, while also damning of rights violations in dozens of other nations, particularly targeted the Washington-led "war on terror" for sanctioning abuses in the name of freedom.   The unilateral nature of the conflict to unseat Saddam Hussein in Iraq had additionally "virtually paralyzed" the United Nations' role in guaranteeing human rights on a global level, Amnesty said Wednesday. ...
• "The Supreme Court is hearing three cases dealing with American imprisonment of individuals alleged in some way to be involved with terrorism. ... If the court decides that during a self-declared "war" a president can override basic rights of American citizens and the basic human rights of non-citizens, it will give George Bush II the greatest powers provided to a president since we overturned George III. ...
• "Since the "war on terror" was inaugurated in the dust of 11 September 2001, the US has permitted itself a much more relaxed interpretation of civil liberties. An individual's rights are not defined by any absolute standard of decency but by his or her allegiance. ... Quite apart from underlining how things have changed since 9/11, it is clear that if the US is prepared to ignore the liberties defined in the Bill of Rights of its own citizens, it doesn't require special deliberation before foreigners are abused on their own soil by US Army personnel and their contracted thugs. ...
• "President Bush seems likely to lose the first big war-on-terrorism battle that has come before the Supreme Court. ...
• "If Bush gets away with running roughshod over the fundamental rights of these two American citizens : Padilla and Hamdi, then why can't he do the same thing to any other citizen that shows up in the secret files of John Ashcroft, Tom Ridge, or worse, that slippery Neocon, Elliott Abrams, over at the National Security Council?. ...
• The treatment of these three innocent men, chained and beaten for two years, is not just a crime, but also -- like that other crime, the invasion of Iraq -- an enormous waste of time and resources in the "war on terrorism. ... But of course, the Pentagon Archipelago wasn't designed to fight terrorism; it's designed to advance terrorism -- state terrorism. ...

• Rights & Liberties.
• Human rights and civil liberties.
• I'm referring to another troubling conflict: the crusade against civil liberties on the domestic front, the jihad against dissent that's taking shape in Anthrakistan, our anxious homeland. ...
• Lord John Ashcroft, leading emissary of the royal court, tightened his Richelieu-like grip on the homeland last month when King George affixed his seal of approval to the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001, which gives the government sweeping new powers to conduct secret searches without a warrant, tap telephones and computers, and detain suspects indefinitely in the name of fighting terrorism. ...
• And last week King George signed a decree that the government can try people accused of terrorism behind closed doors in a special military tribunal, rather than in a civilian court. ...
• Some detainees later cleared of any link to terrorism have been held in harsh conditions for prolonged periods and denied a chance to notify relatives of their whereabouts. ...
• There's even talk of using torture to make people divulge information about terrorism – an idea supported by 45 percent of Americans, according to a recent CNN poll. ... "The public pressure for results in the war on terrorism might also persuade the FBI to encourage the countries of suspects to seek their extradition, in the knowledge that they could be given a much rougher reception in jails back home. ...
• spymasters who ran the Afghan operation, our officials have rewarded the CIA with billions of additional dollars to combat "terrorism," a term that is vaguely defined by the PATRIOT Act. ...
• Murphy, director of the American Civil Liberties Union's Washington office. ...
• In recent weeks, student demonstrators, civil libertarians, global justice workers, and peace and animal rights activists have all been pegged as terrorist sympathizers. No less an expert than Federal Reserve chair Alan Greenspan has dubbed globalization "the antithesis of terrorism," implying that those who condemn disparities in the global economic order are supporters of terrorism. ...
• The FBI continues to probe other organizations it claims are linked to terrorism, including the U. ... "If the FBI cannot or will not distinguish between groups who collude in hatred and terrorism and peace activists who struggle in the full light of day against all forms of terrorism, then we are in serious trouble," one Women in Black member remarked. ...
• , while spying on numerous civil rights and anti-Vietnam War activists. ...
• If you question official policies, you run the risk of being labeled an apologist for terrorism. ...

• Federal prosecutors used the act in June to file a charge of "terrorism using a weapon of mass destruction" against a California man after a pipe bomb exploded in his lap, wounding him as he sat in his car.
• Civil liberties and legal defense groups are bothered by the string of cases, and say the government soon will be routinely using harsh anti-terrorism laws against run-of-the-mill lawbreakers.
• "They say they want the Patriot Act to fight terrorism, then, within six months, they are teaching their people how to use it on ordinary citizens. ...
• Stefan Cassella, deputy chief for legal policy for the Justice Department's asset forfeiture and money laundering section, said that while the Patriot Act's primary focus was on terrorism, lawmakers were aware it contained provisions that had been on prosecutors' wish lists for years and would be used in a wide variety of cases.
• Before the anti-terrorism act, U. ...
• The complaint that anti-terrorism legislation is being used to go after people who aren't terrorists is just the latest in a string of criticisms.
• More than 150 local governments have passed resolutions opposing the law as an overly broad threat to constitutional rights.
• And Muslim and civil liberties groups have criticized the government's decision to force thousands of mostly Middle Eastern men to risk deportation by registering with immigration authorities.
• Some of the restrictions on government surveillance that were erased by the Patriot Act had been enacted after past abuses - including efforts by the FBI to spy on civil rights leaders and anti-war demonstrators during the Cold War. ...
• Posted by kythri at 12:01 PM | Comments (0) Bye bye, more civil rights!.
• WASHINGTON (AP) -- To aid the fight against terrorism, the Bush administration wants to add a subpoena power that does not require federal investigators to seek approval from a judge or grand jury.
• President Bush pressed Congress last week to unshackle law enforcement by adding terrorism to the list of investigations in which administrative subpoenas can be used. ...
• , a day before Bush's speech, would enable prosecutors to use the administrative subpoena to elicit testimony from witnesses and require a person or business to produce "books, papers, documents, electronic data" or other evidence deemed necessary in a terrorism investigation.
• Timothy Edgar, legislative counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union, said the administrative subpoena gives the Justice Department "the power to get records from groups or individuals without any court supervision at all. ...
• But it illustrates the power the federal government has and is willing to use to investigate suspected terrorism by Americans. ...
• Critics, both conservative and liberal, have criticized the government's post-9/11 tactics as infringing on privacy rights and personal freedoms long protected by the U. ...

• As the bumper sticker says “Ignore your rights and they will go away”.
• Freedom and Civil Rights – In Decline . ...
• Internet service providers and telephone companies can be compelled to turn over your customer information, including the phone numbers you’ve called and Internet sites you’ve surfed—all, again, without a court order, if the FBI claims the records are relevant to a “terrorism investigation. ...
• an acronym for “Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism”—which President George W. ... In passing the legislation, Senate Majority Leader Thomas Daschle said Congress was “able to find what I think is the appropriate balance between protecting civil liberties, privacy, and ensuring that law enforcement has the tools to do what it must. ...
• The fears provoked by the kamikaze hijackings and the anthrax incidents that followed explain why many legislators have been less protective of civil liberties. ... But the Bill of Rights was designed to offer a judicial sanctuary from political passions. ...
• And, according to a Newsweek poll reported in the publication’s December 10 edition, “86 percent think the administration has not gone too far in restricting civil liberties in its response to terrorism. ...
• The import of the USA PATRIOT Act was presaged by the Clinton administration’s anti-terrorism bill of 1996, which broadened the government’s investigative and prosecutorial powers. ... “This new legislation goes far beyond any powers conceivably necessary to fight terrorism in the United States,” says Laura Murphy of the American Civil Liberties Union. ...
• Many have since been released after officials found they had no connection to terrorism. ...
• the civil-liberties left and the libertarian right. ... ” The ACLU, joined by 16 other civil rights and human rights groups, filed suit on December 5, charging the Justice Department with violating the Constitution and federal law through its detention policies.
• But under Section 802 of the USA PATRIOT Act, a person commits the crime of “domestic terrorism” if he engages in activity “that involves acts dangerous to human life that violate the laws of the U. ... ” This definition of terrorism could allow the feds to go after environmental, civil rights or anti-globalization groups, among others, for their dissenting views or direct-action protests.
• During times of war, the chief executive has implemented many extra-constitutional edicts: Abraham Lincoln unilaterally suspended habeas corpus during the Civil War; the infamous, anti-Communist Palmer Raids of 1920 arrested thousands of people without warrants or due process; Franklin D. ...

• Justice investigators find no abuses of anti-terrorism Patriot Act .
• The Justice Department has found no incidents in which the anti-terrorism Patriot Act has been invoked to abuse civil rights or civil liberties but has identified instances of mistreatment of Muslims and Arabs that did not involve the act. ...
• 11 terror attacks, faces a legion of critics who contend its expansion of government surveillance powers violates constitutional free speech and privacy rights. ...
• John Conyers, senior Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee whose Michigan district includes many people of Arab descent, said the report failed to identify "a single punishment or sanction" imposed on a Justice Department employee found to have violated civil rights and civil liberties. ...
• Under the Patriot Act, the Justice Department's inspector general is required to investigate allegations of civil rights and civil liberties abuses directed against Muslims, Arabs and others in the aftermath of the Sept. ...
• Fine, the Justice Department's inspector general, found that 1,266 civil rights and civil liberties complaints were received between June 15 and Dec. ...
• The report found no civil rights or civil liberties abuses specifically related to the Patriot Act, which authorized more phone wiretaps, expanded government search powers and enhanced other surveillance techniques. ...
• Most of the complaints -- 720 -- were found to be unrelated to civil liberties or civil rights. ...
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• A grassroots civil rights organization that defends the civil rights of Arab-Americans and promotes civic participation. ...
• American Bar Association (ABA) - Task Force on Terrorism and the Law.
• Website includes information, news, and analysis on anti-terrorism legislation, military commissions, and the monitoring of attorney-client communications. ...
• American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) - Safe and Free in Times of Crisis.
• A nonprofit, nonpartisan group working to fight civil liberties violations. Website includes factsheets on national ID cards, immigrant rights, racial profiling, and military tribunals, as well as news and analysis of the Administration's proposals to combat terrorism.
• ACS promotes a progressive vision of the law on issues such as privacy, freedom of speech, immigration, and international human rights. ...
• Amnesty International - After the Attacks: Justice and Human Rights.
• Bill of Rights Defense Committee (BORDC).
• A non-partisan, non-profit organization that documents and supports local efforts to restore civil liberties. ...
• Center for Constitutional Rights.
• A non-profit legal and educational organization dedicated to protecting and advancing the rights guaranteed by the U. ... constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Web site includes news on legal decisions pertaining to civil liberties and human rights, and analysis of anti-terrorism legislation.

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