Women Voice Objection to Airport Searches
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Rhonda Gaynier, a New York real-estate lawyer, was flying home from Tampa, Fla., and passing through airport security when she was asked to step aside for additional screening. What happened next shocked her: Using an open hand, a security agent touched her on her shoulders, under her arms, around her waist, across her bra strap, and between her breasts, Gaynier said &#151; all in front of other passengers.
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Fresh talks are to be held in an attempt to avert a series of strikes by workers at some of the UK's busiest airports.
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BEIJING -- The wife of a blind, imprisoned legal activist was detained at the Beijing airport yesterday after authorities prevented her from flying to the Philippines to receive an award on behalf of her husband, whose case has sparked international outrage and condemnation.
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Britain's claim that it foiled a plot to blow up airliners provoked a heated debate over whether airport authorities should use personal details including religion and travel history to pinpoint terror suspects.
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Hundreds of women protested on Tuesday against the abduction of a female US aid worker in southern Afghanistan and called on religious leaders to condemn the kidnapping.
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Airport officials said Friday they will consider setting aside a private area for prayer and meditation at the request of imams concerned about the removal of six Muslim clerics from a US Airways flight last week.
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Business & money: Â· Airport group denies link to last year's disruption Â· Talk of 2,000 job cuts played down.
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Plus: Heathrow airport using 'see through clothes' scanner on passengers.
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U.S. air carriers are fighting a federal proposal that would require their workers to digitally scan foreigners' fingerprints at check-in areas before departure on international flights.
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Security forces outnumbered demonstrators at a tiny gathering yesterday afternoon commemorating International Women's Day, which was squelched by an aggressive campaign of detentions in preceding days. The days surrounding Women's Day have traditionally been marked by boisterous street demonstrations by human rights activists demanding an end to Islamic laws condemned as sexist and discriminatory. About 50 demonstrators ...
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WASHINGTON -- Even though the move was expected, civil libertarians are protesting a directive by the government ordering airlines to turn over personal information on their customers that can include credit card numbers and addresses and even indicate a
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Imams, ministers and a rabbi staged a "pray-in" demonstration Monday at Reagan Washington National Airport and demanded an apology from US Airways for barring six Muslims from a Minneapolis to Phoenix flight last week.
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As lawmakers here debated how to respond to terrorist attacks, Russian investigators on Wednesday arrested an airport police supervisor who briefly detained two women
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ERIE, Pa. - An engagement ring and two wedding bands turned up in an airport waiting area - but the misplaced treasures have yet to be claimed by a relieved bridegroom or anyone else.
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A female pilot at British Airways has filed a lawsuit against the carrier for "indirect sex discrimination" after it refused her permission to work part-time after giving birth.
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A group of suspected illegal immigrants was being questioned early Tuesday after federal officials forced their single-engine plane to land here.
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Two civil liberties groups have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, complaining that the agency&#39;s Customs and Border Protection (CBP) division has routinely searched many U.S. citizens&#39; laptops and other electronic devices and questioned them about their religious practices and political beliefs.The lawsuit, filed on&#160;Thursday by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the Asian Law Caucus, asks a federal judge to force CBP to comply with an information request, filed by the two groups on Oct. 31. The two groups filed a Freedom of Information Act request asking CBP to detail its policies for searching laptops, MP3 players, mobile phones, digital cameras, and other electronic devices. The two groups also sought information about CBP&#39;s policy on questioning travelers about political views, religious practices, and other activities &quot;potentially covered by the First Amendment&quot; to the U.S. Constitution, which guarantees freedom of religion and speech.The two groups also wanted the CBP to explain its policy for responding to a traveler who refused to answer questions and its policy for allowing a detained traveler to contact a lawyer.Many residents of Northern California have reported that &quot;CBP officials have subjected them to lengthy and intrusive questioning upon their return to the United States,&quot; the complaint says. &quot;Individuals who protest such questioning or searches have been told that they have no choice but to cooperate as they are at an international border.&quot;In one case, Nabila Mango, a U.S. citizen coming home from the Middle East, was asked by customs agents at San Francisco International Airport to name every person she had met and every place she had slept during her trip, according to a news release from the civil liberties groups. Agents searched her Arabic music books, business cards, and mobile phone, the groups said.Another U.S. citizen, IT consultant Amir Khan, has been stopped multiple times when returning to the United States, the groups said. He&#39;s been questioned for hours, and customs agents have searched his laptop, personal notebooks, and mobile phone, the groups said.CBP officials have asked U.S.-based travelers about their families, volunteer activities, and educational backgrounds, the complaint says. In addition, they&#39;ve demanded to see files on laptops, browser histories, mobile phone directories, personal photographs, business cards, and other personal materials, according to the complaint.U.S. residents have a right to know the government&#39;s standards for border searches, said Marcia Hofmann, an EFF staff attorney. &quot;Laptops, phones, and other gadgets include vast amounts of personal information,&quot; she said in a statement. &quot;When will agents read your e-mail? When do they copy data, where is it stored, and for how long? How will this information follow you throughout your life?&quot;A CBP spokeswoman didn&#39;t immediately respond to a request for a comment on the lawsuit.