IP: A Year of Loss- Lawyers Committee for Human Rights

[David Farber <dfarber@earthlink.net>]

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From: Cory Smith <co593@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 09:40:00 
To: dave@farber.net
Subject: A Year of Loss- Lawyers Committee for Human Rights


Dave,

Thought IPers might be interested in the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights new report which outlines the erosion in civil liberties since September 11.

A Year of Loss:  Reexamining Civil Liberties Since September11 

Since September 11, 2001, the U.S. government has introduced a series of security laws and practices that contradict the core values and principles on which the American government is founded, says a new report released today by the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights. 

?Viewed separately, some of the changes may not seem extreme, especially when seen as a response to the September attacks,? said Michael Posner, Executive Director of the Lawyers Committee. ?But when you connect the dots, a different picture emerges. The composite picture outlined by this report shows that too often the U.S. government's mode of operations since September 11 has been at odds with core American and international human rights principles.?

In the report?s five main chapters, the Lawyers Committee outlines the range of changes in U.S. policy and practice since September 11. The Lawyers Committee has also prepared a timeline - by date - of the actions taken by the U.S. government since Sept. 11. 

To read the report, go to www.lchr.org/aftersept/loss/report.htm.

The Timeline is available (as a PowerPoint presentation or a pdf file) at: www.lchr.org/aftersept/loss/Timeline -- A Chronology.pdf. 

Take Care

Cory

 


Cory Smith 
co593@yahoo.com


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