“Plans to extend secret court hearings address genuine problems of national security but also contain elements of “overkill”, the independent reviewer of terrorism legislation has warned.”
The Guardian, 19th June 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The terrorism laws watchdog says controversial plans for more secrecy in British courts can be made to work.”
BBC News, 19th June 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An undercover operation 25 years ago that led to the jailing of two animal rights activists now appears shrouded in mystery.”
The Guardian, 13th June 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An advertising campaign by a firm aiming to cash in on the fear of terrorism during the London Olympic games by using images of the 7/7 attacks to sell bomb-blast window film has been banned by the advertising watchdog.”
The Guardian, 13th June 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Three of the July 21 failed suicide bombers are using the European Court of Human Rights to try and overturn their convictions, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th June 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
” Abu Qatada will remain in Britain for at least another five months while he launches a further appeal against deportation, but he will spend it behind bars, a court ruled yesterday.”
The Independent, 29th May 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A court action brought by a Pakistani student whose father was killed in a suspected US missile strike last year could force Britain to reveal whether it gives America intelligence for drone attacks on terrorist suspects.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th May 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The home secretary, Theresa May, has quietly taken powers to strip Scotland Yard of its national counter-terrorism role in the aftermath of the Olympics.”
The Guardian, 18th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Next month Ben Emmerson QC, who is short-listed as a candidate to represent the UK at the ECHR, will address the UN to argue that more attention should be paid to the human rights of victims of terrorism. Peter Stanford meets him.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th May 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A perfume salesman who painted burqas on scantily clad women on advertising posters and stuck ‘gay-free zone’ posters on London’s Brick Lane was today jailed for 14 months for possessing terrorist literature.”
Daily Telegraph, 11th May 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The home secretary, Theresa May, is to make a renewed attempt to deport Abu Qatada after judges at the European court of human rights rejected his appeal to the Strasbourg court.”
The Guardian, 9th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The rapidly changing nature of internet-based communications has left the security agencies and the police unable to legally track the online activities of terrorists and serious criminals in 25% of cases, the Home Office says.”
The Guardian, 8th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An alleged Basque militant has lost his High Court bid to halt his extradition to Spain on terror-related charges.”
BBC News, 4th May 2012
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“European human rights judges will decide next Wednesday whether Abu Qatada’s appeal against his deportation from Britain should be allowed to go ahead.”
The Guardian, 2nd May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An east London resident wants to take legal action after his apartment complex was earmarked for the use of surface-to-air missiles during the Olympics.”
BBC News, 1st May 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg is often accused of getting it wrong and recently it seems hardly a day goes by without its decisions being maligned. However, politicians and commentators on all sides of the political spectrum have welcomed the court’s ruling in the case of Abu Hamza and others, which also included Babar Ahmad.”
Hardwicke Chambers, 24th April 2012
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
“If Strasbourg turns him down, the cleric could be deported more quickly than if he’d gone to the English appeal courts.”
The Guardian, 19th April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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