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Rules of the Game: Detention, Deportation, Disappearance
Asim Quereshi
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Description for Rules of the Game: Detention, Deportation, Disappearance
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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
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Oxford University Press USA
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
Number of Pages
236
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781850659693
SKU
V9781850659693
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About Asim Quereshi
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 on terror'.
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'When we arrived after the plane journey, they untied my blindfold. I found there were women and children on one side and men on the otherside of the plane. They were saying, "they are taking us to Mogadishu". The Kenyans who brought me there were still here. I was crying and screaming and telling them to let me go as ... Read more