Tag Archives: Human Rights
Terror legislation in turmoil
European court rules UK stop and search terrorism law is illegal Two activists have won a landmark victory in the European courts over the UK police’s use of the controversial anti-terrorism laws to stop and search political activists. On Tuesday 12th January Pennie Quinton and Kevin Gillan won their case against the Metropolitan Police in [...]
Jailed for keeping schtum
A 33-year old has been sentenced to nine months imprisonment for refusing to decrypt his personal computer files. Judge Hetherington declared that the man, in spite of initial police suspicions, poses no threat to national security, and made it clear that his failure to cooperate with the police and to comply with a section 49 [...]
Ortiz Condemned By Mexico’s Highest Court
Mexico’s Supreme Court has ruled that hated governor Ulises Ruiz Ortiz was responsible for gross violations of human rights during the 2006 Oaxaca uprising – but no sanctions are to be brought against him. Ortiz, who presided over the brutal repression of thousands in the region during a mass uprising against his rule, has retained [...]
Indonesians Demand to Go Home
Even as the Saudi ambassador to Indonesia promised to enforce the legal rights of Indonesian workers in Saudi Arabia earlier this month, Indonesian workers were being detained for protesting to demand their right to return home. Up to a thousand Indonesian overstayers – many of whom had had their documentation confiscated by traffickers as they [...]
One Law For Them …
What a week its been for the ‘defenders of freedom’. Sovereignty has been restored in Iraq. The US Supreme Court has decreed that the Guantanamo Bay detainees are entitled to legal representa-tion. Saddam Hussein was produced in court in Iraq to be tried for crimes of genocide. The war against terror had delivered democracy to [...]
