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UN rights chief warning over tackling terrorism Wed Oct 8, 9:36 AM ET BRUSSELS, Belgium - The U.N.'s new human rights chief said Wednesday she would press governments worldwide to ensure they followed international rights standards while tackling threats from terrorism. <http://us.bc.yahoo.com/b?P=EmB5j0wNc1guCjwlm9aQNwU12G1Fykjt92IAC2dn&T=189uk 7aha%2fX%3d1223554914%2fE%3d84962395%2fR%3dnews%2fK%3d5%2fV%3d2.1%2fW%3dH%2f Y%3dYAHOO%2fF%3d1285973925%2fH%3dY2FjaGVoaW50PSJuZXdzIiBjb250ZW50PSJzdGFuZGF yZHM7dGVycm9yaXNtO2dvdmVybm1lbnQ7aXQ7Z2l2ZTtwb2xpY2U7QWZyaWNhOyIgcmVmdXJsPSI iIHRvcGljcz0iIg--%2fQ%3d-1%2fS%3d1%2fJ%3d1A730D4C&U=12ca6q8oc%2fN%3dXT5xBUwN Bk0-%2fC%3d-1%2fD%3dSIPR%2fB%3d-1%2fV%3d0> <http://us.bc.yahoo.com/b?P=EmB5j0wNc1guCjwlm9aQNwU12G1Fykjt92IAC2dn&T=1891m or0n%2fX%3d1223554914%2fE%3d84962395%2fR%3dnews%2fK%3d5%2fV%3d2.1%2fW%3dH%2f Y%3dYAHOO%2fF%3d2188636647%2fH%3dY2FjaGVoaW50PSJuZXdzIiBjb250ZW50PSJzdGFuZGF yZHM7dGVycm9yaXNtO2dvdmVybm1lbnQ7aXQ7Z2l2ZTtwb2xpY2U7QWZyaWNhOyIgcmVmdXJsPSI iIHRvcGljcz0iIg--%2fQ%3d-1%2fS%3d1%2fJ%3d1A730D4C&U=13ffjlt4k%2fN%3dVT5xBUwN Bk0-%2fC%3d674272.13019345.13225157.8962956%2fD%3dLREC%2fB%3d5406486%2fV%3d1 > U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navanethem Pillay said moves by European Union nations, the U.S. and others to expand government powers "at the expense" of parliaments and courts was a cause for concern. Pillay, appointed last month, said it was "the duty of states ... to promote and protect all human rights and fundamental freedoms." "If checks and balances are not adequate, the margins of abuse are high," Pillay said. "I caution against such tendencies." She urged U.N. member states to avoid vague and "over-broad definitions of terrorism," and not detain suspects without due judicial process, in an apparent reference to the U.S. practice of detaining suspects at Guantanamo Bay and British attempts to give police the power to detain terror suspects for up to 42 days without charge. Pillay welcomed a U.S. court order on Tuesday to free 17 Chinese Muslims held at Guantanamo Bay. The U.S. government quickly moved to block the decision in a federal appeals court. Pillay, a former judge from South Africa, was speaking to a conference commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtmlYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
