Terror bans
News about the terror bans
“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.
Reports and speeches from a public meeting in Parliament on the purpose and continuing effects of the Terrorism Act 2000 in proscribing 'terrorist organisations'.
6.30pm Wednesday 28 October 2009, Committee Room 12, House of Commons, Westminster, SW1 (St Stephens entrance)
Hosted by Siobhain McDonagh MP & Joan Ryan MP
Speakers include: Matt Foot, solicitor; Gareth Peirce, human rights lawyer, Jan Jananayagam, spokesperson for “Tamils Against Genocide”; Les Levidow, CAMPACC; Hyrbyair Marri, Baloch leader; Kazim Aqpak, Kurdish Federation UK
Tuesday 27th October 2009
Lord Ahmed and The Cordoba Foundation invite you to a discussion on Preventing Violent Extremism (PREVENT) to address recent revelations of spying on the Muslim community and the ramifications on present and future security and community relations.
International human rights conference, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 20 October 2009
The 'proscription' or 'designation' of alleged “terrorists”, their associates and financial supporters by nation-states, the European Union and the United Nations has been among the most controversial aspects of the so-called “war on terror”.
A report published today (16 October) by the Institute of Race Relations finds that the government's Prevent programme for tackling extremism fosters division, mistrust and alienation.
For more details read the CAMPACC paper:
Opposing the UK 'Terrorist' List: Persistence as Resistance February 2009 (pdf file)
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
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.
See CAMPACC responses to legislation:
CAMPACC Submission to the Joint Committee for Human Rights on the Terrorist Asset-Freezing etc. Bill, October 2010CAMPACC 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:
Full text of the Terrorism Act 2000
List of Banned Groups and Entities