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	Encyclopedia: Internal Security Act (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The regulations allowed the police to arrest anybody suspected of having acted or being likely to act in a way that would threaten security without evidence or warrant, hold them incommunicado for investigation and detaining them indefinitely without the detainee ever being charged with a crime or tried in a court of law.
		Singaporean law The Internal Security Act 1960 (ISA) is a preventive detention law in force in Malaysia.
		Â¹The Internal Security Act, the Subversive Activities Control Act, or the McCarran Act of 1950 required the registration of communist organizations with the Attorney General in the United States and established the Subversive Activities Control Board to investigate persons thought to be engaged in âun-Americanâ activities.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Internal-Security-Act (1101 words)

	Encyclopedia: McCarran Internal Security Act (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Constitutionality is the status of a law, procedure, or act being in accordance with the laws or guidelines contained in a constitution.
		U.S. history of anti-Communism The Hatch Act of 1939 is a United States federal law whose main provision is to prohibit federal employees (civil servants) from engaging in partisan political activity.
		The Alien Registration Act or Smith Act (18 USC 2385) of 1940 made it a criminal offense for anyone to knowingly or willfully advocate, abet, advise, or teach the duty, necessity, desirability, or propriety of overthrowing the Government of the United States or of any State by force or violence...
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/McCarran-Internal-Security-Act (697 words)

	McCarran Act (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		"The Internal Security Act of 1950, somtimes called the McCarran Act or the anticommunist law, is one of the most controversial and least understood laws in the history of the republic.
		The Internal Security Act, popularly named for Nevada's Senator Pat McCarran, an aging hack who, in fact, commandeered the legislation from an earlier version by congressmen Karl Mundt and (of all people) Richard Nixon argued for the fingerprinting and registration of all "subversives" at large in the United States.
		As the SEP article reports, the act's passage by House and Senate was quite controversial.
	www.english.upenn.edu /~afilreis/50s/mccarran-act-intro.html (345 words)

	THE INTERNAL SECURITY ACT (ISA)
		When the Emergency ended in 1960 and the Emergency Regulations were repealed, the a parliamentary debate on the ISA established that the ISA was enacted for the sole purpose of fighting the communist insurgency and that it was intended as a temporary measure until the communist threat was removed.
		The national security of any country is a sensitive area, where the secrecy demanded by the executive in safeguarding security is understandable to a certain extent.
		However, the ISA should not be used as an obstacle to preclude the courts from intervening in cases when an individual's freedom is being violated.
	www.vadscorner.com /isa.html (2547 words)

	Malaysia: The Internal Security Act. - Amnesty International (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The ISA was initially justified by the authorities as necessary in order to counter what remained of the communist threat within the country.
		The ISA has been used in a politically-motivated and selective manner to target peaceful members of civil society that the government perceives to be a threat.
		As such the ISA is contrary to fundamental principles of international law, including the right to liberty of the person, to freedom from arbitrary arrest, to be informed of the reasons for arrest, to the presumption of innocence, and to fair and open trial in a court of law.
	web.amnesty.org /library/Index/ENGASA280062003 (1317 words)

	Welcome to HAKAM's ISA Campaign page
		August 1960, an act to provide for the internal security of Malaysia, preventative detention, the prevention of subversion, the suppression of organized violence persons and property in specified areas of Malaysia was enacted.
		The act has been used by all the Prime Ministers and was used in the sixties, on the labour movement and political opposition, in the seventies, besides trade unionist and political activist; the act was used against active student movements.
		The ISA is immoral, cruel, condones torture and humiliation.
	www.hakam.org /isa0801.htm (571 words)

	Fordham University School of Law - Crowley Program (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The mission focused on Malaysia's Internal Security Act, the broad powers it affords police and government officials, the scope it provides for arbitrary arrest and indefinite detention, and the manner in which it has historically and is currently deployed.
		ISA violations are not limited to detainees: their families also reportedly suffer harassment, as do lawyers and any other organizations (such as NGOs) willing to act on their behalf; and the rare judge who upholds the habeas corpus application of an ISA detainee is likely to suffer punitive and retaliatory measures by the government.
		The Crowley Report on the Malaysia Mission, "Unjust Order: Malaysia's Internal Security Act" was published in the Fordham International Law Journal, and as a stand-alone book, and has been widely distributed in Malaysia and in the United States.
	law.fordham.edu /htm/cr-malay.htm (524 words)

	Malaysia: Human Rights Under Threat -- the Internal Security Act (ISA) and other restrictive laws (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The organization reiterated its call for the ISA to be repealed or amended so that those suspected of threatening national security have the opportunity to defend themselves in a court of law in proceedings that meet international standards of fairness, and are not subjected to torture or ill-treatment.
		According to the act, students may be imprisoned for six months and fined if they are active in any political party, society, or trade union without their university's permission.
		In the past detainees held under the ISA have been assaulted, forced to strip, deprived of sleep, food and water, told that their families would be harmed, and subjected to prolonged aggressive interrogation to coerce them to confess.
	mailman1.u.washington.edu /pipermail/hrnetnews/2001-October/003180.html (1902 words)

	Internal Security Act (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Malaysia's Internal Security Act provides for preventive detention for up to two years with the possibility of renewal every two years.
		The right of ISA detainees to be fairly charged and tried is restricted not only by the provisions in the ISA for indefinitely renewable detention without trial, but also by a June 1989 amendment removing the jurisdiction of courts to hear habeas corpus petitions from ISA detainees.
		In November 1997 ten people were arrested under the ISA for allegedly spreading Shiite teachings deemed detrimental to national security; Muslims in Malaysia are Sunnis.
	nt_isa.tripod.com /i_s_a.htm (239 words)

	MALAYSIA: Internal Security Act subverts due process
		Perversely ISA is evidence of the government's contempt for Wawasan 2020 which aims to 'foster and develop a mature democratic society, practising a form of mature consensual, community-oriented Malaysian democracy that can be a model for many developing countries'.
		The Internal Security Act has for forty years now been a prime example of how to deny a country's citizens their right to a fair and open trial if suspected of a crime.
		The recent detention under the ISA of 27 members of the Al-Ma'unah movement who allegedly took part in the recent Sauk arms heist cannot be justified in a country where there are valid procedures for trying suspected criminals in open court.
	www.ahrchk.net /ua/mainfile.php/2000/337 (1582 words)

	Supreme Court Reference (No 3 of 1993) - Re The Internal Security Act 1993 [1994] ICHRL 9 (4 May 1994)
		The Commission argued that the Act was invalid since it constitutes emergency legislation within the meaning of Part X of the Constitution yet, contrary to the requirements of that Part, no national emergency had been declared prior to its enactment.
		The Act is not emergency legislation since it is limited to terrorism or terrorist activities, which could refer to situations of a far less serious or widespread nature than those envisaged in Part X of the Constitution.
		The whole Act must be measured against Part X as the whole Act is concerned with terrorism and terrorist activities and, since its operation and effect is inconsistent with Part X, it is therefore invalid.
	www.worldlii.org /int/cases/ICHRL/1994/9.html (1069 words)

	Internal Security Act Issues Politics Society and Culture Malaysia Asia Regional English España
		Outlines the ISA in the aftermath of September 11.
		Basic overview of the ISA which allows detainees to be held for 60 days in solitary confinement and two years without charge.
		Claims that the ISA itself is an abuse of the law.
	www.amigar.com /buscador/Top/10101233061-10000001 (674 words)

	Malaysia 45 Years Under the Internal Security Act (Select Books)
		This is an outspoken referenced account of the 1960 Internal Security Act and its implementation in Malaysia.
		Included are: many instances of abuse or arbitrary use of the ISA; personal memories of detainees; and discussion of the political and other reasons why the ISA has become so widely used as an instrument of the government.
		Internal and international attitudes to detention without trial and human rights are discussed and documented.
	www.selectbooks.com.sg /titles/36016.htm (128 words)

	Abuse of Power Under the ISA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Call the ISA simply ‘the tool of political oppression’, a legal instrument employed to stifle lawful dissent and silence legitimate criticism to perserve nothing more noble than the power and vested interests of the ruling politicians and their allies.
		An ISA victim is typically incarcerated when a police officer believes him or her to have ‘acted or is about to act or is likely to act in any manner prejudicial to the security of Malaysia’.
		Under ISA, however, someone needs only to chant ‘prejudicial to the security of Malaysia’, and that is enough to deprive a man or a woman of his or her liberty for indefinite periods of time.
	www.aliran.com /monthly/2001/11d.html (3064 words)

	Abolish ISA Movement (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Since 1960 when the Act was enacted, thousands of people including trade unionists, student leaders, labour activists, political activists, religious groups, academicians, NGO activists have been arrested under the ISA.
		The Act is an instrument maintained by the ruling government to control public life and civil society.
		These interrogation techniques and acts of torture are designed to humiliate and frighten detainees into revealing their weaknesses and breaking down their defences.
	www.suaram.net /isa/info_what_is.htm (1668 words)

	Women Against the Internal Securities Act
		We believe that the Internal Security Act is archaic, has been systematically used to silence criticism and political dissent and it contravenes international standards on freedom of expression and the right to a fair trial.
		The Act was first enacted in 1960 in the context of a National Emergency, and was intended for a very narrow and specific purpose, i.e.
		WAC calls upon all women's organisations and Malaysian women to oppose the Internal Security Act because it is a draconian act which violates the fundamental liberties and rights of all Malaysian citizens, both women and men.
	www.wao.org.my /news/20010509isa.htm (807 words)

	USIS Washington File: TEXT: STATE DEPARTMENT 9/24 ON MALAYSIA INTERNAL SECURITY ACT
		Washington -- The United States is increasingly concerned by Malaysia's use of the Internal Security Act to restrict the rights of assembly, free speech, and open communication, the State Department said in a September 24 statement.
		STATEMENT BY JAMES P. We are increasingly concerned by the use of the Internal Security Act to restrict the rights of assembly, free speech, and open communication in Malaysia.
		The Internal Security Act allows for detentions without trial, and is also being invoked to restrict personal freedoms.
	usembassy-australia.state.gov /hyper/WF980924/epf403.htm (325 words)

	Shia News \| Asia \| Shias under attack in Malaysia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Background of the Internal Security Act (ISA) The ISA was enacted in 1960 and was indeed a continuation of an earlier Act, which also provides detention without trial.
		The act violated the rights to defend one self and is constantly used against people who criticize the government and defend human rights.
		In 1996, ISA was used to crush the Al-Arqam movement and its members.
	www.shianews.com /hi/asia/news_id/0001668.php (1117 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Asia-Pacific \| Malaysia to tighten security laws (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Dr Mahathir Mohamad says decisions to hold suspects under Malaysia's tough Internal Security Act should not be questioned in a court of law.
		The Internal Security Act already allows for suspects to be detained for up to two years without charge or trial.
		In the last year, the act has been used against more than 70 people suspected of belonging to violent, Islamic militant groups, including that thought to be behind the Bali bombing, Jemaah Islamiyah.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/asia-pacific/2446671.stm (337 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		On Tuesday, East Timor's proposed Internal Security Act was referred by Parliamentary Committee A to the President of the Republic for the purpose of its approval prior to entry into force as law.
		The Act, which was passed by Parliament on 30 July, seeks to regulate the enforcement of public law and order in East Timor.
		However, the Act fails to provide significant detail on the internal security policy, but instead delegates that responsibility to the Government.
	www.jsmp.minihub.org /News/27_08-03n.htm (313 words)

	mccarran internal security act
		(b) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to authorize, require, or establish military or civilian censorship or in any way to limit or infringe upon freedom of the press or of speech as guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States and no regulation shall be promulgated hereunder having that effect.
		Any individual who violates any provision of sections 5, 6, or 10 of this title shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished for each such violation by a fine of not more than $10,000 or by imprisonment for not more than five years, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
		(b) A state of "Internal Security Emergency" (hereinafter referred to as the "emergency") so declared shall continue in existence until terminated by proclamation of the President or by concurrent resolution of the Congress.
	www.rosenbergtrial.org /docmcaran.html (1505 words)

	Asean News Network: Internal Security Act (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Detained under the Internal Security Act of Singapore, he was imprisoned for 23 years without trial and subsequently placed under internal exile for another 9 years when his movement was confined to the island of Sentosa.
		This was part of the Barisan's strategy to protest "undemocratic acts" of the Government, by carrying their struggle against the ruling People's Action Party (PAP) outside of Parliament.
		The Internal Security Act remains in force in both Malaysia and Singapore.
	www.aseannewsnetwork.com /2004/02/internal-security-act.html (1510 words)

	Official Website of the International Free Anwar Campaign - ISA Page
		ISA Detainees vs the Malaysian Police - Written Judgment of Justice Tun Mohamed Dzaiddin Abdullah, Chief Justice of Malaysia
		ISA Detainees vs the Malaysian Police - Written Judgment of Justice Steve Shim Lip Kiong, Chief Judge Sabah and Sarawak
		ISA: License to Torture and Detention Without Trial - Join the campaign to fight for the release of all ISA detainees.
	www.freeanwar.com /index3.htm (728 words)

	McCarran-Walter Act
		In 1950, he sponsored a bill that became known as the McCarran Internal Security Act, which required all members of the American Communist Party, among other groups, to register with the Attorney General.
		The idea was to register, fingerprint, and monitor them for the sake of the safety and security of the United States.
		The McCarran-Walter Act was not abolished until 1994, but many of its provisions were reborn in the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA), signed in 1996.
	www.skepticism.org /politics/terrorism/ter_McCarranWalter.shtml (833 words)

	Asiaweek.com \| The ISA Has Had Its Day \| 1/12/2001
		One of the unfortunate colonial legacies in Asia is the Internal Security Act.
		Singapore still defends the ISA as a measure of last resort, but last month a small group of oppositionists rallied to remind everyone that the law still exists and urge its repeal.
		The government says debate over the ISA is "no news" and that opponents should hold their criticism until the next general election.
	www.asiaweek.com /asiaweek/magazine/threesixty/0,8782,94332,00.html (321 words)

	Abolish the Internal Security Act (ISA) in Malaysia Petition
		Abolish the Internal Security Act (ISA) in Malaysia Petition
		The ISA is an evil, anti-democratic law that can have no place in a country that upholds the Rule of Law.
		Natural justice demands that any person accused of a crime should have the right to due process and to be presumed innocent unless and until he or she is convicted in an independent, open court of law.
	www.petitiononline.com /alirankn/petition.html (247 words)

	McCarran Internal Security Act
		The McCarran Act or Internal Security Act of 1951 required communist and communist front organizations to register with the Attorney General.
		Members of these groups could not become citizens.
		The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/mc/McCarran_Act.html (49 words)

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