American Civil Liberties Union

We should be uncompromising, therefore, in our defense of civil liberties.

It also includes promoting human rights, particularly civil liberties and political freedom.

A state that emphasizes security over civil rights and liberties is easily hijacked by security agencies.

The ACLU provides legal assistance in cases when it considers civil liberties to be at risk.

This means regular elections, a democratic constitution, and civil society, coupled with electoral fraud, skewed representation, human rights violations, and restrictions on civil liberties.

The case, American Civil Liberties Union v. Myriad Genetics , may have a tremendous impact on medicine and science.

Last week, King Gyanendra sacked his prime minister again, declared a state of emergency, and suspended civil liberties.

But the more important issue, even before Russia granted him temporary asylum, is the status of American civil liberties.

Of course, civil liberties were bound to suffer in the wake of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

Thatcher was always hugely supportive of the preservation of Hong Kong s rule of law, civil liberties, and democratic aspirations.

Legal and illegal migration triggers far right hostility in countries that customarily brag about their commitment to civil liberties.

In terms of civil liberties, examining the content of a message from a suspect non American source is less controversial.

Indeed, a hallmark of the Bush administration s violations of civil liberties is that many involve efforts to evade judicial review.

But both parties won after running on a moderate platform of constitutionalism, separation of powers, civil liberties, and women s rights.

Freedom House monitors developments over time and makes its conclusions public in its Annual Survey of Political Rights and Civil Liberties.

New resemblances had been emerging, like the rolling back of civil liberties and the rise in the power of the police.

Yet, by responding properly to their economic and political challenges, they all delivered poverty reduction, greater social justice, and expanded civil liberties.

It is tactically useful for Russia, China, and others to conflate espionage issues with civil liberties and accuse the US of hypocrisy.

The EU parliamentarians called the Polish government s actions a witch hunt, and Geremek declared Poland s lustration law a threat to civil liberties.

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is a nonpartisan non profit organization whose stated mission is to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States.

In the long run, however, the answer to Maoist totalitarianism is greater and more inclusive democracy, a vibrant free press, and civil liberties.

And documents obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union have Rumsfeld, in his own words, checking in on the sexualized humiliation of prisoners.

In addition, the United Kingdom is a signatory to the European Convention on Human Rights which covers both human rights and civil liberties.

The new constitution will enshrine the ideas of any free people in its charter pluralism, democratic rights, federalism, human rights and civil liberties.

Noted secularist Ram Puniyani had a perspective along similar lines, saying that the court's ruling is tantamount to curtailing civil liberties. In his words

In the following days, Charter 77 and other groups united to become the Civic Forum, an umbrella group championing bureaucratic reform and civil liberties.

(c) Development of better instruments for global counter terrorism cooperation, all within a legal framework that is respectful of civil liberties and human rights

The so called Charter of Fundamental Rights, for example, appears to protect civil liberties. In fact, it applies solely to acts by European Union institutions.

Some of today s restrictions on habeas corpus and civil liberties have sunset clauses restricting their validity all such rules should be re examined by parliaments regularly.

The constitution also protects basic civil liberties, including freedom of speech, freedom of association, freedom of the press, freedom of peaceful assembly and freedom of religion.

The reforms at all levels have to be pursued with a sense of justice, fair play and respect for human rights, fundamental freedoms and civil liberties.

iLaw, a group promoting civil liberties, insists that the Article 61 ban on information that influences voters one way or another undermines the credibility of the referendum

MOSCOW The Russian government, with its solid hold on power, has invariably gotten away with poor performance, inefficiency, corruption, and widespread violation of political rights and civil liberties.

The latter category includes an increasing assault on civil liberties within the United States that now compares to that of Richard Nixon s administration more than thirty years ago.

The corrupting of our political life had become a living nightmare nothing was exempt separation of powers, civil liberties, the rule of law, the relationship of church and state.

Islam s part in the deal must include a guarantee of human rights and civil liberties, improvement in women s status, and realistic policies to stem the Islamic world s demographic explosion.

Nevertheless, the last 20 years of broad individual freedom and limited civil liberties have generated shifts in Russian society if not across the board, then certainly among certain groups.

And, above all, Turkey is now a role model for other Islamic societies striving to accommodate democracy, civil liberties, the rule of law, an open economy, pluralism, and religion.

In Africa, less corrupt countries like Ghana also have much better protection of civil liberties than more corruption prone countries like Chad and Ethiopia, which are also even poorer.

The majority of Filipino internet users and media groups opposed the passage of the Philippine Cybercrime Law because of provisions that potentially curtail media freedom and other civil liberties.

We would therefore like to point out that no government entity has moved to deprive anyone of access to the Internet or to suppress civil liberties as exercised online.

Elected parliaments do not own our liberties.

Department of Legislation, Fundamental Rights and Liberties

How long will the war last and how does it relate to civil liberties and alliances? Bombing is not an option for fighting terrorist cells in Hamburg, Singapore, or Detroit.