IFJ and Statewatch Launch Special Report on Journalism, Civil Liberties and the War on Terrorism: ?The response by governments to the threat of terrorism is out of all proportion,? says the report. ?The war on terrorism amounts to a devastating challenge to the global culture of human rights and civil liberties established almost 60 years ago.?
The report [...] says:
# Media and independent journalism suffer in a ?pervasive atmosphere of paranoia? which is leading to dangerous levels of self-censorship
# Dissent inside and outside media is being restricted
# Fundamental rights to a fair trial are routinely violated
# Governments are covertly creating massive databanks for surveillance of their citizens
# New international rules are being agreed in a secret process of ?policy laundering?
