“Moves to scale back the most widely drawn counter-terrorism powers left in the police ‘stop and search’ armoury have been initiated by the home secretary, Theresa May.”
The Guardian, 13th September 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The public are being asked for their views on the operation of important border security powers in a consultation launched by the home office today.”
Home Office, 13th September 2012
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
“A Newcastle businessman who opposes Britain’s extradition agreement with the US has begun a private prosecution against two British terror suspects to prevent them being tried in America.”
The Guardian, 6th September 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“High Court judges today rejected a ‘gloomy prognosis’ that there could be another year or more of litigation before a final decision is made on deporting radical preacher Abu Qatada.”
The Independent, 9th August 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Identical twin brothers from London, who admitted raising money in England to fund terrorism abroad, have been jailed for three years.”
BBC News, 1st August 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Two high court judges have dismissed a fresh attempt by the radical Islamist preacher Abu Qatada to be released from a maximum-security prison on bail pending his deportation back to Jordan.”
The Guardian, 31st July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Serial bride who met and married her third husband through a Muslim dating site was jailed for eight years for planning to launch a terrorist attack upon Jewish communities in Manchester.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th July 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A woman from Oldham has been found guilty of helping her husband plan a terrorist attack in an attempt to carry out ‘jihad at home’.”
BBC News, 19th July 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Hoax caller Khadar Mohidin has been jailed for sparking a national terror alert by ringing police and claiming 15 suicide bombers were about to attack London on the day Hillary Clinton was to meet with David Cameron.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th July 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Residents of a tower block in east London where surface-to-air missiles are being stationed for the Olympics have dropped their legal case.”
BBC News, 11th July 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Alarmed residents have lost their High Court battle to prevent surface-to-air missiles being stationed on the roof of a 17-storey residential tower block during the Olympics.”
The Independent, 10th July 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Residents of a tower block near the Olympic Park will learn on Tuesday whether they have the right to challenge an unprecedented decision by the army to deploy high velocity missiles in a residential area.”
The Guardian,9th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza has lodged an appeal over his extradition from the UK to America with Europe’s human rights judges, the Home Office said today.”
The Independent, 9th July 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Council tenants will go to the High Court later over proposals to place surface-to-air missiles on the roof of their tower block during the Olympics.”
BBC News, 9th July 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Council tenants in east London have launched a legal action to prevent the Ministry of Defence stationing surface-to-air missiles on the roof of their tower block during the Olympics.”
The Guardian, 28th June 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Lawyers representing two Libyan dissidents who were abducted and flown to Tripoli to be detained in one of Muammar Gaddafi’s prisons have issued proceedings in the high court in London against the British government, the former foreign secretary Jack Straw and Sir Mark Allen, the former head of counter-terrorism at MI6.”
The Guardian, 28th June 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation has released his report into the operation of terrorism law in 2011. The press release is here.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 28th June 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Some suspects arrested under terror laws should be released on bail, the independent reviewer on terrorism legislation has proposed.”
The Guardian, 27th June 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Controversial powers to hold court cases in secret have been used to conceal the possible involvement of British intelligence agents in apprehending terror suspects in Africa.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th June 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The rule on the exclusion of evidence obtained by torture was exceptional. It was not an abuse of process to admit evidence from security service officers obtained in secret detention facilities.”
WLR Daily, 15th June 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
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