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September 17, 2020

Arrests of activists in India politically motivated, says Human Rights Watch

The Indian authorities are increasingly using authoritarian tactics to punish peaceful protests, while failing to act against violent attacks by its supporters, says Human Rights Watch.
February 8, 2019

UN human rights experts condemn use of security laws in conviction of Stansted 15

UN experts call on UK Government to refrain from applying security and terrorism-related legislation to prosecute peaceful political protesters and critics of State policy who are engaged in non-violent expression, protest and political advocacy.
September 22, 2018

More oversight needed on anti-terror legislation to protect fundamental legal rights

Fundamental legal rights could be put at risk if the government proceeds with the Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill in its current form, the Law Society of England and Wales has warned.
March 1, 2018

Singapore draft law aims to censor reporting on terror attacks

The Committee to Protect Journalists has warned that draft anti-terrorism legislation under consideration in Singapore would imperil press freedom by banning journalists from covering terror attacks.
July 11, 2015

Why enforcing the flawed PREVENT strategy is dangerous and misplaced

Ekkesia co-director Simon Barrow is one of a range of signatories to a letter in the Independent newspaper (others include leading academics, educationists and human rights advocates) expressing co
August 25, 2014

Boris Johnson calls for limit on presumption of innocence

Mayor of London Boris Johnson has called for an end to the presumption of innocence for those visiting war zones and powers to remove UK citizenship for those supporting a “terrorist state”.
November 21, 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.
September 11, 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.
May 3, 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.
May 19, 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.