Belgium: Counterterrorism Operations Raise Concerns
3,452 views · Published 3 November 2016 · 5:23 · Indexed 27 October 2026
Channel: Human Rights Watch · 2016 · News & Politics
Belgium has enacted a raft of problematic counterterrorism laws and its police have carried out heavy-handed operations in the past year. Those responsible for horrific attacks in Paris on November 13, 2015, and in Brussels on March 22, 2016, the deadliest in those countries in decades, were linked to Belgium. https://www.hrw.org/news/2016/11/03/belgium-response-attacks-raises-rights-concerns The 56-page report, “Grounds for Concern: Belgium’s Counterterror Responses to the Paris and Brussels Attacks,” details measures that place prisoners detained for terrorism in prolonged isolation, and allow the government to suspend passports and review terrorism suspects’ phone and email logs without judicial approval. Other laws can revoke Belgian citizenship and criminalize comments that stop short of direct incitement to terrorism. It also details abusive police responses during counterterrorism raids and detentions.
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