“Anti-Terror Bill” to Legalize Administrative Detention The Israeli Government passed Sunday [June 9 2013] the “Anti-Terror Bill”, authorizing harsher punishment against individuals suspected or convicted of aiding activist groups in the country, and anywhere in the world. Several human rights groups in Israel and around the world voiced serious concerns regarding direct human rights violations, especially since this law strengthens and “legalizes” Administrative Detention orders confining hundreds, and even thousands,of palestinians behind bars for extended periods without charges or trial. The bill passed during a vote at the Israeli Ministerial Committee for Legislation, headed by Israeli Justice Minister, Tzipi Livni. It does not only target those “convicted of terror attacks”, but also those who express support, emphasize and “incite freedom activities” in addition to those accused to be engaged in preparations to carrying out violent acts. Part of the penalties that this bill proposed include sentencing individuals for a life term without the possibility of parole, and allows the Police, the Security Services and all related agencies to confine “suspects” up to 30 days without granting them the right to any legal representation. The passed bill also allows Israel to seize property of palestinian groups and individuals, in addition to preventing them from traveling abroad when there are no arrest warrants against them. the new legislation, would replace the “national state of emergency regulations” that Israel enforced after its establishment in the historic land of Palestine in 1948. Those regulations affect civil, security and economic issues. The law particularly targets Palestinians and the indigenous Arab population in Israel, as those facing charges of “security or criminal violations”, whether in civil or military courts, would be facing very harsh sentences.
Posted on: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 21:36:28 +0000
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