Briefings

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Emergency Legislation Violates Human Rights Standards

Home Secretary David Blunkett is taking steps to introduce emergency legislation as a result of the atrocities of September 11. The Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill includes measures to detain terrorist suspects indefinitely without trial.

The Killing in Kashmir and the Terrorism Act 2000

A suicide bomber carried out a car bomb attack on Christmas Day in Srinagar in Indian-occupied Kashmir, killing 10 people including six Indian soldiers and three Kashmiri students. According to the BBC (28 December), the suicide bomber is rumoured to have

Islamophobia in Papua New Guinea

This paper is an analysis of the briefing document representing “the combined voice of the leaders and Pastors of major Christian denominations in PNG”, produced by them at the request of Papua New Guinea’s Minister for Youth, Religion a

Palestine Briefing for MPs, Part 1

The current crisis in Palestine has often been characterised as one of parity between parties. The impression has been given that the violence “between Palestinians and Israelis” has been mutual. However, independent international observers h