Volume 5, No. 1
January 8, 2007
Analysis of Detainee Tribunals: On July 30, 2004, the Defense Department began conducting “Combatant Status Review” hearings for those held at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. New analysis by Human Rights First finds that the new hearings fail to satisfy the Supreme Court’s ruling on who may be classified as an “enemy combatent,” and are otherwise inadequate to meet basic requirements of national and international law. Read more: http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/us_law/detainees/status_review_080204.htm
Privacy Year in Review: The Electronic Privacy Information Center reports on the Top Ten Privacy Stories of 2006 and Ten Privacy Issues to Watch in 2007. Issues include identity theft, national ID cards, and National Secruity Agency domestic spying. Read the full report: http://www.epic.org/alert/EPIC_Alert_yir2006.html
First Amendment Must Reads: Ranging from “Demonizing Islam Threatens Religious Freedom” to “Challenge to Government: Stop Shutting off Info” the First Amendment Center’s list of Must Reads for 2006 covers relevant issues of the past year. Find the list http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/collection.aspx?id=17956
Admitting Error Vital to Democracy: A recent address by the president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Gilbert S. Omenn, examines how admitting and correcting errors paradoxically enhances credibility, not diminishes it. Read the address: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/314/5806/1696
______________________
Visit FCNL’s website: http://www.fcnl.org
Contact Congress and the administration:
Order FCNL publications and “War is Not the Answer” campaign bumper stickers and yard signs:
Contribute to FCNL:
Subscribe to this list:
Send a message to rights-and-liberties-subscribe@fcnl.org or visit http://www.fcnl.org/forms/forms.php?type=ls and select the Rights and Liberties list.
Subscribe to other FCNL legislative, policy, and action alert lists:
______________________
FCNL’s Rights and Liberties Weekly is intended as a supplement to other FCNL Civil Liberties and Human Rights Program materials and does not reflect FCNL's complete policy position on any issue, nor does it include all pertinent facts on any topic. For more information, please contact:
Friends Committee on National Legislation
245 Second St. NE, Washington, DC 20002-5795
phone: (202)547-6000 * toll-free: (800)630-133
_______________________________________________
Rights-and-liberties mailing list
Rights-and-liberties@fcnl.org
http://lists101.his.com/mailman/listinfo/rights-and-liberties
No comments:
Post a Comment