“A refugee has won a settlement of £100,000 from the Home Office after it admitted falsely imprisoning her and her children at an immigration detention centre.”
The Guardian, 29th January 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Paul Vallely: As the Edlington ‘torture boys’ face sentencing for horrifying violence, can secure children’s homes ever offer redemption?”
The Independent, 21st January 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“What kind of country drags vulnerable children from their beds at daybreak, puts them behind bars and fills them with terror? Paul Vallely meets a family who have endured this horror – in Britain. And they’re not alone.”
The Independent, 12th January 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The Government misled MPs over Britain’s role in the rendition of two men arrested by the UK and then imprisoned by the Americans for five years in Afghanistan, it is claimed today.”
The Independent, 7th December 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Lawyers for MI5 and MI6 have launched an unprecedented attempt to stop secret material being disclosed during a case brought by ex-Guantanamo Bay detainees.”
BBC News, 27th October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Tony Blair’s former law chief has attacked the British Government for undermining Barack Obama’s efforts to close Guantanamo Bay.”
The Independent, 8th October 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Binyam Mohamed, the former Guantanamo detainee, has reversed a decision to stay out of the public eye by signalling his determination to campaign for justice for prisoners at the American detention camp and highlight the lifelong effects of torture he suffered at the hands of his interrogators.”
The Independent, 31st August 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Foreign criminals awaiting deportation have been handed some £500,000 in compensation since April last year, it has been revealed.”
The Independent, 22nd July 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Janas Khan, one of two Pakistani students released from prison yesterday months after terrorism charges against them were dropped, has told The Independent on Sunday he was ‘shocked and angry’ at his treatment by the UK Government. Lawyers acting for the remaining seven Pakistani students still held in prison have also announced they will launch a legal challenge against the Government this week.”
The Independent, 19th July 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
R (Allen) v Inner North London Coroner [2009] EWCA Civ 623; [2009] WLR (D) 219
“An inquest into the death of a patient who was detained in a hospital under s 3 of the Mental Health Act 1983 had to satisfy the enhanced requirements of art 2 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms which guaranteed the right to life.”
WLR Daily, 1st July 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“Parliament’s joint committee on human rights has withheld its backing for government attempts to renew police powers to detain terrorism suspects without charge for up to 28 days, saying it breaches human rights agreements.”
The Guardian, 23rd June 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The UK Border Agency has responded to a report on the Yarl’s Wood immigration removal centre by Sir Al Aynsley-Green, the children’s commissioner for England, which was published today.”
UK Border Agency, 28th April 2009
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
Regina (AM and Others) v Secretary of State for the Home Department and Another
Court of Appeal
“Allegations of inhuman or degrading treatment of inmates at a privately run immigration detention centre should have been investigated by the Secretary of State for the Home Department to meet the United Kingdom’s obligation under article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights.”
The Times, 20th March 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
“A scheme to house prisoners in police stations because of prison overcrowding has cost taxpayers £75 million.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th March 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A British resident held at Guantanamo Bay for more than four years arrived back in the UK today. ”
The Independent, 23rd February 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Related link: Binyam Mohamed’s full statement
“The seven-year ordeal of a British resident held by the Americans at Guantanamo Bay is expected to end this evening when an RAF plane touches down at a military airfield somewhere in the Home Counties.”
The Independent, 23rd February 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
A and Others v United Kingdom (Application No 3455/05)
European Court of Human Rights
“The European Court of Human Rights held the United Kingdom in breach of article 5.1 of the European Convention on Human Rights in respect of nonnational terrorist suspects, since they had not been detained with a view to deportation and the derogating measures permitting their indefinite detention discriminated unjustifiably between nationals and nonnationals.”
The Times, 20th February 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
“Muslim preacher awarded damages by European judges for being detained after September 11 attacks.”
The Guardian, 19th February 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Prosecutors are being consulted over whether a criminal investigation should be ordered into UK security agents’ treatment of Binyam Mohamed.”
BBC News, 18th February 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“In a landmark settlement, the Congolese family have been awarded £150,000, believed to be the biggest payout over the unlawful detention of child refugees seeking asylum in Britain.”
The Independent, 13th February 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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