Posts Tagged ‘Anti-terrorism’
Sri Lanka to introduce new anti-terrorism rules – report
[Reuters] Sri Lanka plans to bring new anti-terrorism rules into force effective on Wednesday, local media reported, replacing tough wartime emergency powers lifted this month under heavy international pressure. [Full Story]
Read MoreCanadian detainee wants probe into detention and alleged torture in Sri Lanka
[National Post] A Canadian man has returned to Toronto after spending three years in the custody of Sri Lanka’s anti-terrorism police, whom he said detained him until he signed a false confession saying he had smuggled equipment to the Tamil Tigers rebels. [Full Story]
Read MoreWill Obama’s America stop exporting fear?
[ UPI Asia ] “Anti-terrorism” initiatives from the world’s most powerful country were exploited to the maximum by cynical leaders in other countries, mainly to deprive their own populations of basic freedoms and democracy. In many countries the War on Terror was manipulated to portray freedom of expression, publication and organization as subversive endeavors, and…
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