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  • 21 Nov 2011
    Ethiopia using anti-terror law to stifle peaceful dissent

    The Ethiopian government should cease using its anti-terrorism law against journalists and peaceful political activists, two major human rights groups say.

  • 11 Sep 2011
    9/11 and the lost decade

    What are the principal lessons of the ten years of war since the 11 September 2001 attacks? Paul Rogers, professor in the department of peace studies at Bradford University, gives some crisp answers. He has played a prominent role in the Oxford Research Group, has written extensively on related global and regional issues, and his first openDemocracy column was published a few days after 9/11.

  • 3 May 2011
    We're photographers not terrorists, say press freedom day activists

    The campaign group I’m a Photographer, Not a Terrorist! is organising a flashmob outside London’s City Hall today, on World Press Freedom Day.

  • 19 May 2010
    Terror suspect deportation row exploited by human rights critics

    Human rights advocates have welcomed the decision by the Special Immigration Appeals Commission that two men allegedly involved in a terror plot could not be deported to Pakistan.

  • 28 Jan 2010
    Governments called to account on secret detentions

    Amnesty International yesterday (27 January 2010) called on all states to take concrete steps to end secret detention, following publication of a detailed United Nations report on its widespread use in the name of countering terrorism.

  • 28 Jan 2010
    Government legal defeat on asset freezing 'a victory for the rule of law'

    The Government has suffered another legal humiliation over its implementation of anti-terror legislation. The UK Supreme Court has ruled that special Treasury orders freezing the assets of individuals it believes may be connected to terrorism have been applied unlawfully.

  • 14 Jan 2010
    The banning of Islam4UK
  • 9 Dec 2006
    Christian leaders deplore repressive Sri Lanka anti-terror law

    Churches in Sri Lanka have denounced the revival of a draconian anti-terrorism law by the government aimed at hobbling support for ethnic Tamil rebels with whom government forces are in almost a fully-fledged war despite there being an official cease-fire - reports Ecumenical News International.