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European Conference marking Statewatch’s 20th anniversary
Saturday 25 June 2011, 10.00 am – 17.30 pm Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL
When Prime Minister David Cameron attacked ‘state multiculturalism’ as a failure, he embraced the right-wing populist Islamophobia rising across Europe. At the same time, he was speaking at a European Security Conference. In that context, Cameron extended a long-term strategy casting Muslims as a suspect community, i.e. suspected of involvement in terrorism. What does this mean in practice? And how can we oppose this strategy?
A Conference hosted by the Network for Police Monitoring.
Sunday 17th April. 10.30am – 5pm.
Venue : Rich Mix 35 – 47 Bethnal Green Road, London, E1 6LA
With articles on: The Kurdish struggle for freedom and democracy in Turkey, Justice and Freedom for Kurdish Children and Mass Show Trial puts all Kurds in the Dock
In December 2010, the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) published a detailed critique of the terrorist blacklisting regimes operated by the United Nations and the European Union.
Monday, 21 February 2011 at 6:30pm
Garden Court Chambers, 57-60 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London WC2A 3LJ
Organised by: EUROPEAN CENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL AND HUMAN RIGHTS, CAMPAIGN AGAINST CRIMINALISING COMMUNITIES, BAR HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE OF ENGLAND AND WALES, HALDANE SOCIETY OF SOCIALIST LAWYERS AND STATEWATCH
CAMPACC has produced 4 new briefings, 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
Monday 20 December 2010, 6.30-8.30pm
Garden Court Chambers, 57-60 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, WC2A 3LJ
Join us for a discussion and informal social gathering to celebrate the launch of four new briefing papers that highlight the impact of UK government anti-terrorism legislation on migrant communities here. In particular, bans on organisations make the UK government complicit with oppressive regimes overseas; this neither enhances human rights nor protects our security.
The European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) has published a detailed critique of the terrorist blacklisting regimes operated by the United Nations and the European Union and documenting the crisis currently facing blacklisting at the international level.
CAMPACC argues for an end to the control of every aspect of the finances of those subject to freezing orders. Based on nothing other than Treasury's 'suspicion' that they may be involved in Terrorism, CAMPACC outlines the draconian effects of this administrative punishment. Read the submission
Response from Scotland Against Criminalising Communities (SACC) to the Coalition Government's Review of Counter-Terrorism and Security Powers 2010
SACC urges the Government to end the control order regime, scrap the blanket stop and search powers given to police under Section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000, end its reliance on meaningless "diplomatic assurances" to excuse deporting people to countries where they could face torture, and drastically reduce the 28 day period for which terrorism suspects can be held without charge.
From 'War' to Law, draws together all of Liberty’s concerns over excessive and unjustified counter-terror measures introduced since the advent of the “War on Terror”, with control orders at the top of the list of internationally embarrassing assaults on fundamental human rights. Read the report here.
On 13 July 2010, the Home Secretary announced a “rapid review” by the Home Office of key counter-terrorism powers. The purpose of this submission is to outline Amnesty International’s primary concerns in relation to four of the six powers under consideration; the control orders regime; the use of diplomatic assurances in the context of national security deportations; the 28 day limit for pre-charge detention of people suspected of terrorism-related activity; and the use of stop and search powers under section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000. Read the report here.
Article in Ceasefire magazine. Read here.
"Did you know where Balochistan is the first day you came to this court?” I asked the jury. “Now you know where it is, and what’s happening to our people there.” Read the article here.
Amnesty International has accused the UK government of developing a "shadow justice system" that imposes severe restrictions on the rights of individuals suspected of terrorism-related activity.
In a new report, Five years on: time to end the control orders regime, the organization repeats its call on the UK government to repeal the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 (PTA) and abandon the use of control orders that violate the individual’s rights to liberty, freedom of movement, expression, association and privacy.