Whatever they might think of the Cuban embargo, banks around the world do not want to run afoul of antiterrorism laws.In 2004 UBS, a Swiss bank, paid a $100m fine (without admitting any liability) for providing new banknotes to Cuba and Iran.
WHILE America is considering the aftermath of the Massachusetts senate election, over here in Britain there is a political kerfuffle over cuts in the antiterrorism budget.
In Spain in 2004, police arrested a group that had hatched a plot in prison to blow up Spain's High Court and kill its leading antiterrorism judge, Baltasar Garzón.The following year, police in Los Angeles stumbled on a group led by an ex-convict convert to Islam that was planning to bomb military recruitment stations, the Israeli consulate and synagogues.
In 2011 the government declared that two armed opposition groups as well as an opposition movement, Ginbot 7, were terrorist organizations and banned them, which led to a slew of arrests and antiterrorism charges against those accused of having interviewed or otherwise interacted with members of the proscribed groups.
Prominent among those charged under the antiterrorism law was journalist Eskinder Nega, who was arrested in 2011 and later sentenced to 18 years in prison.
In response to public outcry, the government delayed until 2009 the submission for parliamentary approval of a draft antiterrorism law to replace the 27-year-old state of emergency.
Another factor affecting human rights was the threat posed by terrorism and antiterrorism activities.
Twice she resigned over Kinnock's refusal to oppose specific government policies (in 1988 over the renewal of antiterrorism legislation and again in 1991 over Kinnock's support for the Persian Gulf War); both times she was eventually brought back into the shadow ministerial team.
In response to continued guerrilla attacks, he implemented antiterrorism laws that allowed the police to more easily arrest suspects.
South Korea introduced an "antiterrorism" bill criticized by human rights groups as unduly limiting free speech and assembly.
He also took credit for successful antiterrorism campaigns that included capturing Abimael Guzmán Reynoso, the leader of the Shining Path, in 1992 and storming the Japanese ambassador's residence in Lima in 1996, where dozens of hostages had been held by Túpac Amaru members.
