NEWSMAX: …[Former President Jimmy] Carter, along with the Charity & Security Network, sent a petition to Secretary of State John Kerry Thursday, asking that peace groups be exempted from policies that make it a crime to offer training in negotiation and humanitarian law to terrorists, reports The Hill.
“The Secretary of State can, and should, exempt peace-building activities from this counterproductive application of the law,” the petition says. “Doing so would open the door for professional peace-builders to fully engage in helping to end armed conflicts and suffering around the world, while making the United States safer.”
The Charity and Security Network said its past efforts to work with the Taliban in Afghanistan; Hamas in the Palestinian territories; and guerilla fighters in Colombia have all been hindered by federal laws, many of which were enacted after the 9/11 terrorist attacks… (more)
