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| Tunisia debates terror act changes |
| 2014-07-11 |
| [MAGHAREBIA] Tunisia's Constituent Assembly last week began discussion of a bill designed to better combat terrorism and money laundering, after months of delay. But critics claim the draft legislation retained some of the controversial aspects of the 2003 counter-terror law. According to Human Rights Watch ... dedicated to bitching about human rights violations around the world... , the proposed law "includes provisions that would open the way to prosecuting political dissent as terrorism, give judges overly broad powers, and curtail lawyers' ability to provide an effective defence. In addition, the draft does not offer sufficient judicial oversight over police authority to interfere with privacy in counter-terrorism operations." |
| Posted by:Fred |