News tagged with 'emergency law'. Found 8 tagged news.

AL won't participate in Dec 18 polls sans Hasina and under state of emergency: Zillur

New York City :: NY :: USA | about 1 month ago

At the last moment the election commission is now saying that until the High Court disposes of a case in this regard, the delimitation cannot be completed. Is it not a trick?” Zillur questioned. He described the government’s stand to keep the emergency...

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How anonymous witnesses saw justice done

Birmingham :: United Kingdom | 5 months ago

The practice has allowed police to secure convictions after encountering a wall of silence from people too frightened to appear in court. Many, particularly those involved in gang-related violence, have only been prepared to speak out on the condition...

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Still an emergency

Cairo :: Egypt | 6 months ago

The extension came in spite of promises, repeated endlessly in 2006, that emergency rule would be replaced by an anti-terror bill once the current extension expired. The emergency law, in force since 1981, grants police and security forces sweeping powers,...

Tags: egypt, emergency law, rights, Egyptian

Egypt detentions condemned

Washington :: DC :: USA | 6 months ago

Amnesty condemns Egypt detentions The human rights organisation, Amnesty International, says that about 18,000 people are being held in jail in Egypt without being charged or put on trial. The organisation says they are being held under Egypt's emergency...

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Egypt extends emergency law for 2 more years

Cairo :: Egypt | 6 months ago

Posted by msfahmi

The Egyptian parliament, at the request of the government, on Monday extended emergency law for two years until mid-2010 or until anti-terrorism legislation has been drawn up to replace it. The law, in force since the 1981 assassination of President...

Tags: Emergency law, anti-terrorism bill, Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, rights

Egypt extends emergency law for 2 more years

Cairo :: Egypt | 6 months ago

Three hundred and five members voted in favour of the extension, requested by Nazif earlier in the day, and 103 voted against it. Parliament is dominated by the National Democratic Party, which holds more than two thirds of the seats. The opponents included...

Tags: rights, egypt, emergency law, Egyptian People's Assembly, Ahmed Nazif

Egyptian parliament extends controversial emergency law

Cairo :: Egypt | 6 months ago

Egyptian parliament extends controversial emergency law Egyptian parliament on Monday acted swiftly on a request by President Hosni Mubarak and extended the country's emergency law, a lawmaker said, despite the president's 2005 campaign promise to abolish...

Tags: egypt, emergency law, rights, Egyptian, Hosni Mubarak, president hosni, terror law, Judicial and Parliamentary, extend emergency, Ahmed Nazif

Egypt detains 13 Muslim Brotherhood members

Cairo :: Egypt | 6 months ago

Egyptian authorities have arrested 13 members of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood around the country, a security official said on Sunday. Nine members of the banned group were arrested on Sunday in the Nile Delta town of Abu Hammad in Sharqiya province...

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