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• Cyberconflits : vers la première cyberguerre

  12 mai 2008, par Ifrah Laurence
  Depuis quelques mois, les systèmes d’information des pays occidentaux sont victimes d’attaques virulentes provenant de la RPC (République populaire de Chine). Organisées ou non par l’Armée populaire de libération de la Chine (APL) il n’y a aucun doute sur le fait qu’elles proviennent de pirates informatiques (hackers) de haut niveau qui ont bénéficié de moyens techniques et financiers importants complétés par des informations précises sur les infrastructures de leurs cibles.

• Amendment of the Framework Decision on combating terrorism

  22 April 2008, by European Council
  Today the Council reached a common approach on the amendment of the Framework Decision on combating terrorism proposed by the Commission on 6 November 2008. The amendment up-dates the Framework Decision making public provocation to commit a terrorist offence, recruitment and training for terrorism punishable behaviour, also when committed through the Internet. The amendment is well-balanced in terms of its effects on freedom of speech and general respect for human rights.

• Modification de la décision-cadre du Conseil relative à la lutte contre le terrorisme

  22 avril 2008, par European Council
  Aujourd’hui, le Conseil a arrêté une position commune sur la modification de la décision-cadre relative à la lutte contre le terrorisme, proposée par la Commission le 6 novembre 2008. La modification actualise la décision-cadre en rendant passibles de poursuites la provocation publique à commettre des infractions terroristes ainsi que le recrutement et l’entraînement à des fins de terrorisme, y compris par Internet. La modification est équilibrée quant à ses effets sur la liberté d’expression, comme en termes de respect des droits humains en général.

• The factors favouring support for terrorism and the recruitment of terrorists

  21 April 2008, by European Parliament
  The Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs adopted the own initiative report by Mr. Gérard DEPREZ (EPP-ED, BE), approving a proposal for a European Parliament recommendation to the Council on the factors favouring support for terrorism and the recruitment of terrorists.

• Préoccupations en matière de droits de l’homme par rapport à une législation sur la provocation ou l’incitation au terrorisme et aux délits connexes

  8 avril 2008, par Alegre Susie
  Le présent document expliquera d’abord le cadre législatif international des droits de l’homme par rapport à la provocation au terrorisme et aux délits connexes, en particulier la provocation publique, en s’axant sur la liberté d’expression. Il fera référence à la jurisprudence et à la politique internationales pertinentes, et soulignera la législation et les cas dans les États membres de l’UE sélectionnés. Il donnera ensuite une brève analyse des implications des droits de l’homme sur la proposition de la Commission de décision-cadre du Conseil modifiant la décision-cadre 2002/475/JAI relative à la lutte contre le terrorisme.

• Human Rights concerns relevant to legislating on provocation or incitement to terrorism and related offences

  8 April 2008, by Alegre Susie
  This briefing note first explains the international human rights law framework relevant to provocation to terrorism and related offences, particularly public provocation, with a focus on freedom of expression. It makes reference to relevant international case law and policy and highlight legislation and cases in selected EU Member States. It then gives a brief analysis of the human rights implications of the Commission proposal for a Council Framework Decision amending Framework Decision 2002/475/JHA on combating terrorism.

• Islamic terror chief ’Osama Bin London’ facing life in jail

  7 April 2008, by Mirror
  An Islamic terror chief who dubbed himself «Osama bin London» and helped train the 21/7 bombers faces life in jail, it was revealed yesterday. Mohammed Hamid, 50, called on followers to carry out attacks even worse than the 7/7 atrocity in which 52 died when four devices exploded on London’s public transport system.

• Counter terrorism threatened by mistreatment of Muslims, says report

  7 April 2008, by The Muslim Weekly
  In a 23-page report published last week, a UN rapporteur has warned that measures to combat terrorism in Britain could be undermined because of discrimination against Muslims. But the report warns that Muslims in particular face screening, searches, interrogation and arrest. Citing research that showed that 80 per cent of Muslims in Britain feel they have been discriminated against, the report singles out the Terrorism Act 200 for particular criticism.

• Top terror recruiter found guilty

  7 April 2008, by BBC
  Eight men have been convicted for their involvement in terrorism training camps in the UK – including those attended by the men responsible for the failed suicide bombings of 21 July 2005. The prosecution began after police and MI5 launched a major covert operation, including placing an undercover officer at the heart of the group they were investigating.

• Fascism and Islamism thrive in Bradford, report claims

  7 April 2008, by The Muslim Weekly
  A Yorkshire city risks becoming a front line in the global clash between the West and Islam, a report has claimed. Bradford has slipped into a political vacuum where debate on community cohesion is stifled, allowing «fascism and Islamism» to thrive, according to academic Dr Alan Carling. He says the city is in danger of becoming «a patchwork quilt of rival ethnic fiefdoms» that makes it a «fault line» in the clash between cultures.

• Terror grooming camp leaders jailed

  4 April 2008, by Times Online
  The two ringleaders of a British al-Qaeda-style terrorist recruitment and training cell, who organised terror camps in beauty spots around the UK, were jailed today. Mohammed Hamid - who once called himself «Osama bin London» - and Atilla Ahmet both groomed impressionable young Muslim men to fight jihad against non-believers. Among their followers were several of the failed suicide bombers who attacked the capital on July 21, 2005.

• Spain court convicts 20 radicals of terrorism charges

  4 April 2008, by News Agencies
  A judge in Madrid’s National Court acquitted 20 Islamic terror suspects of the most serious charges in an alleged plot, but convicted them of lesser offences. The court found 18 of 20 suspects guilty of belonging to a terrorist organization, and convicted two others of collaborating in the alleged plot to blow up a court, revealed in late 2004.

• Berlin Exhibition Closes after Muslim Threats

  3 April 2008, by Spiegel Online
  A Berlin gallery has closed an exhibition of satirical art by the controversial Danish group Surrend after receiving threats from a group of Muslims. The men were objecting to a picture of the Kaaba at Mecca under the title «Dumb Stone.» Eighteen months ago, the severed head of Muhammad was enough to get an opera temporarily cancelled in Berlin. This time around, it’s an irreverent image of the Kaaba in Mecca that has caused an exhibition in the German capital to shut its doors.

• Belliraj suspected of more terror attacks

  3 April 2008, by De Morgen
  A delegation of American CIA and FBI agents were in Morocco to examine the terrorist network of Belgian-Moroccan terrorist and informant Abdelkader Belliraj. US interest in Belliraj is based on a connection between him and al-Qaeda and Hezbollah. Meanwhile, the Belgian police delegation has returned from Morocco and convinced of Belliraj’s significance in the network, and may be responsible for more incidents of terrorism than initially presumed.

• Alleged Moroccan extremist was a spy

  3 April 2008, by News Agencies
  Abdelkader Belliraj, the alleged leader of a Moroccan extremist group and suspect of several murders in Belgium, was revealed to be a paid informant for the Belgian security services. Belliraj was revealed to be an informant for Belgian authorities, for up to eight years; Belgian authorities were apparently unaware of his other activities during his time as an informant. While a spokesman for Belgium’s justice ministry refused to confirm or deny the reports, the ministry said a statement may be released concerning the news.

• Defendants deny all charges in Austrian Islamist terror case

  2 April 2008, by Earth Times
  Cultures clashed at Vienna’s provincial court on Monday, as judges heard Austria’s first-ever case of alleged Islamist terrorism and banned one defendant for refusing to remove her burka. Two defendants, Mohamed M. and Mona S., aged 22 and 21, face charges of membership in a terrorist organization, having allegedly planned bomb attacks in Austria during the upcoming European football tournament, on European politicians and producing an Islamist threat video distributed on the internet. Prosecutors accused Mohamed M. of membership of «al-Qaeda, or respectively other internationally active Islamist terrorist networks», spreading their terrorist ideology and goals in the German-speaking world.

• Austrian court adjourns Islamist threat video trial till March 12

  2 April 2008, by Earth Times
  Court proceedings in the trial against the alleged producers of an al-Qaeda-promoting threat video, billed Austria’s first case of Islamist terrorism, were adjourned on Thursday until March 12. Two defendants, Mohamed M. and his wife Mona S., aged 22 and 21, face charges of membership in a terrorist organization, having allegedly planned bomb attacks in Austria during the upcoming European football tournament and against European politicians, and producing an Islamist threat video distributed on the internet.

• Human rights court sides with terror suspect in deportation dispute

  2 April 2008, by News Agencies
  The European Court of Human Rights ruled that Italy would violate its obligations under the European Convention of Human rights if it deports Nassim Saadi, a Tunisian terror suspect from Italy, citing the very real risk of torture if he were to return to his home country. Human rights group Amnesty International applauded the ruling, as a «landmark» ruling on the absolute prohibition of torture, inhuman, and otherwise degrading treatment.

• Europe, very much on al-Qaida’s radar

  2 April 2008, by Middle East Times
  At a recent security conference in Munich, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates told European nations that they were under direct threat from Islamist extremists and that this phenomenon would not go away. Gates tied European security to NATO success in Afghanistan. In fact, Western intelligence services have recently established operational links between al-Qaida in Afghanistan and al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) whose goals include striking at the heart of Europe.

• Europe alert to triple terror threat


  1 April 2008, by Asia Times
  Last November, Gilles de Kerchove, the European Union’s anti-terror chief, said that al-Qaeda was the biggest threat to Europe. To confirm this, Western intelligence services have recently established operational links between al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and al-Qaeda in The Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) whose goals include striking at the heart of Europe. Al-Qaeda has not made any secret of its eagerness to target Europe.

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