Communities targeted for harassment and prosecutions
News about how anti-terror laws affect communities
"As Xezal's nightmare unfolded she was taken, handcuffed, from the plane straight onto the tarmac where a police car was waiting and driven away. She described how she was petrified as these armed men had taken her and she did not even really know who they were!"
British society has learned numerous lessons from last month’s riots. Perhaps, however, not ones many had hoped for. Just days after the riots broke, emergent was an unmistakable one-dimensional narrative aimed at stoking fear and panic.
The director of the Institute of Race Relations comments on the recent riots.
David Cameron’s call for more ‘robust’ policing demonstrates a complete lack of understanding of policing issues on Britain’s estates.
An event in London marking the Bradford 12 thirtieth anniversary was a celebration and an education for resistance.
Anti-terror laws used against Tamils
The UK Terrorism Act 2000 is the basis for banning the Liberation Tigers of the Tamil Eelam (LTTE) as a ‘terrorist’ organisation.
Anti-terror laws used against Kurds
The UK Terrorism Act 2000 is the basis for banning the Kurdish organisations as ‘terrorist’. In 2006 Britain banned Kongra-Gel (People’s Congress of Kurdistan) as an organisation that ‘glorifies terrorism’.
Anti-terror laws used against the Baloch
Under the Terrorism Act 2000, two Baloch human rights activists were prosecuted for supposedly supporting terrorism in Balochistan. The trial revealed joint efforts by 'security' agencies in the UK and Pakistan to silence dissent against Pakistani state terrorism. The defendants were acquitted in early 2009.
New CAMPACC briefings (Dec 2010)
CAMPACC has produced 4 new briefings on how different communities are affected by anti-terror laws, available to download (pdf format):
Baluchistan under state terror: The UK ban on the Baluchistan Liberation Army
Euskal Herria: The struggle for independence in the Basque Country and the impact of ‘terrorist’bans
The UK ban on the PKK: Persecuting the Kurds
The Tamils of Sri Lanka - oppressed at home and persecuted in the UK