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Article: South Africa -- Preserving the gains for human rights in the "war against crime.
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- December 7, 2000
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M2 PRESSWIRE-7 December 2000-AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL: South Africa -- Preserving the gains for human rights in the "war against crime (C)1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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Shortly before International Human Rights Day,10 December, Amnesty International is raising with the South African Government its concerns about the proposed Anti-Terrorism Bill.
"If the law in its present form is enacted, it will place South Africa in breach of its international and regional obligations and may lead to human rights violations", the organization said.
It will grant the authorities "what are in effect emergency powers, without any of the ...