Government Should Ensure Laws Guarantee Rights for Security Suspects
France should urgently carry out recommendations from a top United Nations human rights body critical of its approach to counterterrorism, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to the French government.
In a report issued following an in-depth review in July 2008, the UN Human Rights Committee [...]

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Damascus Authorities Repress Basic Freedoms
French President Nicolas Sarkozy should use his visit to Syria on September 3 and 4, 2008, to raise human rights concerns with President Bashar al-Asad, Human Rights Watch said today. In particular, Sarkozy should urge Asad to release activists detained solely for exercising their rights to freedom of expression and association. [...]

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Improve Criminal Justice Safeguards, Provide Legal Counsel for Terror Suspects
In its effort to fight terrorism, France routinely arrests and prosecutes people for being associated with possible terror suspects, undermining international fair trial standards, Human Rights Watch said in a new report released today.
Link to hrw.org

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Government Should Automatically Stop Deportation Proceedings on Appeal
The European Court of Human Rights decision to order France to suspend the deportation of an Algerian is a reminder that France’s expulsion policy may put people in harms way, Human Rights Watch said today. On April 23, 2008, the court ordered France to halt Kamel Daoudi’s deportation [...]

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