Luxembourg, 20/02/2002 (Agence Europe) - The Al Barakaat association and three Swedes of Somali origin (Abidrisak Aden, Abdi Abdullaziz and Yusuf Ahmed) have called on the Court of First Instance to quash the Council and Commission regulations freezing the assets of the Taliban in Europe, arguing that the EU Council of Ministers did not have the power to impose sanctions on individuals or organisations and had therefore exceeded its powers. They also criticise the Council and Commission for...