Terror bans
News about the terror bans
Gari was arrested on Sunday 14/03/2010 by the metropolitan police on behalf of the Spanish authorities under a European Arrest Warrant alleging “terrorist offences”.
This seminar will report on the first comparative research project examining the impact of counter-terrorism on Irish communities and Muslim communities in Britain. This ESRC-funded collaborative research involves academics based at London Metropolitan University and City University, London, with a long track-record of researching immigration, social cohesion, Islam, and the media.
“the Court’s judgment vindicates the primacy of Parliament, as opposed to the Executive, in determining in what circumstances fundamental rights may legitimately be restricted”
In Dublin on the 16th January 2010, the Peoples' Tribunal gave its preliminary findings on the war in Sri Lanka and its aftermath.
Read the Institute for Policy Research & Development's submission and supplementary memorandum to the Preventing Violent Extremism inquiry held by the Communities and Local Government Parliamentary Committee.
See CAMPACC responses to legislation:
CAMPACC submission to the Privy Council Review: Terrorising Minority Communities with 'Anti-Terrorism' Powers: their Use and Abuse, August 2003 (pdf) and read the Privy Council Review of the Anti-Terrorism Crime and Security Act 2001, Dec 2003 (pdf)
The Real State of Emergency. A comprehensive guide to the Anti-Terrorism Act 2001 published by CAMPACC in 2003
The end of Internment? CAMPACC statement in reponse to the Law Lords’ ruling on indefinite detention, 23 December 2004 and Read the Law Lords damning judgement on detention without trial (383kb), 16 December 2004 (pdf)
A Permanent State of Terror? a book published by CAMPACC in association with Index on Censorship, October 2003
See the legislation:
For more details read the CAMPACC paper:
Opposing the UK 'Terrorist' List: Persistence as Resistance February 2009 (pdf file)
See recent CAMPACC work on:
Reports and speeches from a public meeting in Parliament in October 2009 on the purpose and continuing effects of the Terrorism Act 2000 in proscribing 'terrorist organisations'.
Two seminars on The Basque Country and Northern Ireland: Self-Determination, Proscription and Human Rights in the EU
Organised by CAMPACC, Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers, Statewatch, Basque Solidarity Campaign, June - July 2009
A seminar series on 'Terrorist lists', proscription, designation and human rights
Organised by CAMPACC, the Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers and Statewatch, 2008
'Terrorists' lists: monitoring proscription, designation and asset freezing
In June 2005 Statewatch, CAMPACC and the Human Rights and Social Justice Institute set up the 'Terrorist' list website monitoring proscription, designation and asset freezing.
Charities accounts frozen or denied
Under the ATCSA 2001, the authorities can seize property or cash, and freeze bank accounts, in cases of suspicion about 'terrorist' purposes. These powers have been used to investigate charities and to freeze their bank accounts. A prime target for such harassment has been Interpal, which funds humanitarian activities in occupied Palestine, yet investigations have found no evidence of terrorist links.
Communities targeted for harassment and prosecutions
CAMPACC has been campaigning against anti-terror laws being used against Kurdish, Tamil and other communities.