Lesson from the USA: Insufficient Evidence is Sufficient
March 22, 2002
According to recent statements, US officials stated that acquitted defendants may still find themselves in detention.
Civil Rights
URGENT ALERT: Australia to Pass Draconian Anti-Terrorism Laws based on UK models.
February 26, 2002
The Australian government has indicated that it will pass “security legislation” based on the UK Terrorism Act 2000 and Anti-Crime and Security Act 2001.
USA Tortures Prisoners Nazi Style
January 20, 2002
IHRC has written to the British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw MP, demanding that Britain disengage from the anti-human rights stance and processes taken by the USA.
URGENT ALERT: US Treats POWS Inhumanely
January 14, 2002
The escalation of ill-treatment, torture and persecution of Afghan and other PoWs is outlined below in IHRC’s latest briefing on the treatment of PoWs in Guantanamo, Cuba. This is the latest atrocity committed by coalition powers: the horrors of the fort
ALERT UPDATE: Report on Anti-Muslim Backlash Update
January 9, 2002
IHRC is about to publish a further report on the Anti-Muslim Backlash in the UK. Below are three articles printed in last Friday’s Independent newspaper regarding our previous report.
Emergency Legislation Violates Human Rights Standards
January 1, 2002
Home Secretary David Blunkett is taking steps to introduce emergency legislation as a result of the atrocities of September 11. The Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill includes measures to detain terrorist suspects indefinitely without trial.
Emergency Legislation Violates Human Rights Standards, Update number 2
November 26, 2001
IHRC has a number of further concerns regarding the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill currently being pushed through parliament in an unprecedented attempt to curtail civil liberties in the UK.
Emergency Legislation Violates Human Rights Standards
November 14, 2001
Home Secretary David Blunkett is taking steps to introduce emergency legislation as a result of the atrocities of September 11. The Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill includes measures to detain terrorist suspects indefinitely without trial.
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