Civil rights groups sue Justice
Department over information about terror suspects
WASHINGTON (December 6, 2001 1:13 a.m. EST) - The
Justice Department is violating the Constitution and
federal law by withholding basic information about some
1,000 people picked up by police since the Sept. 11
terrorist attacks, the first lawsuit challenging
government actions in the detentions alleged Wednesday.
Attorney General John Ashcroft and other officials have
released fragments of information but will not reveal
names or locations of detainees, the American Civil
Liberties Union and other civil rights and human rights
groups said in the suit filed in federal court.
"This secrecy is unprecedented and deprives the public
of information it is lawfully entitled to receive," the
suit claimed. It demanded immediate release of
government documents that civil rights groups requested
in October.
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High Commissioner for Human
Rights in Addis Ababa for Human Rights Day
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Mary Robinson will mark Human Rights Day on 10 December
in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
The one-day visit to Addis will provide an opportunity
to reiterate the importance she attaches to the
promotion and protection of human rights in the
continent and her desire to work with Africa and
Africans to this end, the High Commissioner said today
in Geneva. Mrs. Robinson will use the occasion to brief
the African and diplomatic community in Addis on her
Office's developing African Regional Strategy, as well
as on post-Durban initiatives.
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 Aids
kills some 6,000 people each day in Africa - more
than wars, famines and floods. Millions of children
are orphans, many more live with HIV or Aids. This
special report, with correspondents’ dispatches, key
facts, audio, video and interviews, asks why the
devastation continues.
Listen to a special hour-long documentary on Aids in
Africa from BBC Radio 4 and World Service
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