JURIST Special Guest Columnist Philip Ruddock, Attorney-General of Australia, outlines Australia's recently strengthened counter-terror laws, describing them as an appropriate, proportionate and balanced response by the Australian Government to emerging security threats… Following the terrorist attacks on the London transport system in July last year, the Australian Government has strengthened counter-terrorism laws to enable authorities [...]

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The head of the Philippine army said Saturday that 15 army officers, including Brigadier-General Danilo Lim, commander of the Philippines' elite Scout Ranger regiment, will face courts-martial for violations of the military's Articles of War in conjunction with last month's alleged attempted coup . Philippines President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo declared a state of national emergency permitting [...]

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