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Rules of the Game: Detention, Deportation, Disappearance
Asim Qureshi
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Description for Rules of the Game: Detention, Deportation, Disappearance
Paperback. Investigates global counter terrorism through the perspective of those affected by such measures. This book analyses the effects of global counter-terrorism not as individual policies or pieces of legislation, but rather as parts of a larger phenomenon that has uniformly changed the way governments view justice and eroded fundamental norms. Num Pages: 236 pages. BIC Classification: JPS; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 310.
In the aftermath of the suicide bombings on London's transport infrastructure in July 2005, the then Prime Minister Tony Blair said that 'the rules of the game have changed'. He referred to how his government planned to respond to the attacks, but few people at the time anticipated that counter-terrorism would become synonymous with circumventing time-honoured concepts such as the rule of law. It is associated now with words such as profiling, incommunicado detention, rendition and torture."Rules of the Game" investigates global counter terrorism through the perspective of those affected by such measures. Asim Qureshi's indefatigable research took him to ... Read more
In the aftermath of the suicide bombings on London's transport infrastructure in July 2005, the then Prime Minister Tony Blair said that 'the rules of the game have changed'. He referred to how his government planned to respond to the attacks, but few people at the time anticipated that counter-terrorism would become synonymous with circumventing time-honoured concepts such as the rule of law. It is associated now with words such as profiling, incommunicado detention, rendition and torture."Rules of the Game" investigates global counter terrorism through the perspective of those affected by such measures. Asim Qureshi's indefatigable research took him to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Hurst & Co.
Number of pages
236
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
236
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781850659686
SKU
V9781850659686
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About Asim Qureshi
Asim Qureshi was trained in law and is currently the Senior Researcher for Cageprisoners. With his team of researchers,he has written and published many reports exposing the use of unlawful detention, rendition, and torture in the 'war onterror'.
Reviews for Rules of the Game: Detention, Deportation, Disappearance
'When we arrived after the plane journey, they untied my blindfold. I found there were womenand children on one side and men on the other side of the plane. They were saying, "they are taking us to Mogadishu". The Kenyans who bought me there were still here. I was crying and screaming and telling them to let me go as ... Read more