أستراليا: مطالب بتأجيل اعتماد قانون المقاتلين الأجانب

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طالبت 43 مجموعة مدنية حقوقية - تضمَّنت العديد من المجموعات الإسلامية والمحامين ومنظمة العفو الدولية إلى جانب منظمة الحريات المدنية الأسترالية الحكومة المحلية - بتأجيل تمرير قانون "المقاتلين الأجانب"، الذي يُعد اليد الأمنية الجديدة للحكومة التي تمكِّنها من احتجاز العائدين من الخارج المشتبه بهم والتحقيق معهم.

وقد تضمَّنت محاولات إرجاء مناقشة القانون تقديم الطلبات والخطابات التي شارك في التوقيع عليها العديد من رموز المجتمع والأكاديميون بالجامعات الأسترالية؛ وذلك بهدف فحص القانون، وضمان عدم مصادرته للحريات الدينية والمدنية؛ المصدر: شبكة الألوكة.

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Muslim groups, lawyers and academics call for Foreign Fighters Bill to be put on ice

Muslim groups, lawyers, Amnesty International and Civil Liberties Australia have united to urge the federal government to delay passing its latest anti-terror law.

Forty-three groups, including the National Imams Council and Lebanese Muslim Association, have signed a letter to Attorney-General George Brandis warning that the case has not been made for the need for the so-called Foreign Fighters Bill.

The bill, which will bestow new powers on national security agencies to detain and investigate terror suspects and returning fighters, will be rushed through Parliament by the end of the month with the support of Labor.

"The government is seeking to rush this law through Parliament … doing so will deny our elected representatives and the community the opportunity to fully debate the proposed changes," the group wrote to Senator Brandis in a statement delivered on Wednesday afternoon.

The government must explain why all of these changes are needed. Australia already has laws to meet the threat posed by foreign fighters. Indeed, the government and its agencies have formidable powers to combat terrorism. In light of this, it is not clear why some of the changes in the bill are necessary, particularly where they could have a major impact on the human rights of every Australian."

Several of the groups who signed the letters have already lodged detailed submissions to the Senate committee scrutinising the bill. It is due to report on Friday ahead of Parliament's return on Monday.