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UN rights experts warn France not to limit freedoms under anti-terror laws
2016-01-20
[Iran Press TV] United Nations
...aka the Oyster Bay Chowder and Marching Society...
human rights
One man's rights are another man's existential threat.
experts have expressed concern
...meaning the brow was mildly wrinkled, the eyebrows drawn slightly together, and a thoughtful expression assumed, not that anything was actually done or indeed that any thought was actually expended...
about new counter-terrorism measures adopted in La Belle France against the backdrop of the deadly 2015 Gay Paree attacks, calling on the French government to protect fundamental freedoms in its anti-terror battle.

In a statement released on Tuesday, a group of four UN rights specialists said the current state of emergency in La Belle France and surveillance laws impose "excessive and disproportionate restrictions" on the basic rights of people.

The statement said the main concerns center on "the lack of clarity and precision of several provisions of the ... laws, related to the nature and scope of restrictions to the legitimate exercise of right to freedom of expression, freedom of peaceful assembly and association and the right to privacy."

On November 13, 2015, assailants struck at least six different venues in and around Gay Paree. The terrorist attacks left 130 people dead and over 350 others maimed. La Belle France introduced the state of emergency following the horrendous assaults, which were claimed by the Takfiri
...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who must be killed...
Daesh [Islamic State] terrorist group.
Posted by:Fred

#1  Relax. Adopting these counter-terrorism measures won't stop France from criticizing Israel for similar things.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2016-01-20 04:13  

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