“Doctors are to be drafted into the fight against terrorism by being asked to identify patients at risk of being drawn into violent extremism. The controversial move will be spelt out today by the Home Secretary, Theresa May, as she publishes the Government’s much-delayed strategy for combating extremism.”
The Independent, 7th June 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Four specialist police officers have been found not guilty of violently assaulting a British Muslim man during an early morning raid on his home.”
The Guardian, 3rd June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Asians tell of being targeted and cajoled by officers from MI5 and special branch.”
The Guardian, 23rd May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“People from ethnic minorities are up to 42 times more likely than white people to be the target of a counter-terrorism power which allows the stopping and searching of the innocent yet grants them less rights than suspected criminals, official figures seen by the Guardian show.”
The Guardian, 23rd May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A convicted terrorist banned from Britain for being a risk to national security has been stopped from being deported by the courts.”
Daily Telegraph, 21st May 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A man security services say was the leading figure in ‘a close group of Islamic extremists based in north London’ must be moved out of the capital to protect the public, the High Court ruled today.”
The Independent, 20th May 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Police must avoid the ‘temptation’ to abuse anti-terrorism laws by using them as a net to round up innocent people – particularly in the run-up to next year’s Olympics, the Government’s terrorism watchdog has warned.”
The Independent, 17th May 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Parliament will be forced to vote on extending the pre-charge detention of terrorism suspects to 28 days without knowing the details of the cases involved, the Home Secretary has said.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th May 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Original pan-EU plans to collect passenger name record data (PNR) applied only to flights to and from EU countries from outside the EU. The Government has opted in to the process only after receiving the support of 15 other countries for its amendment to the plan so that it applied to some flights within the EU.”
OUT-LAW.com, 12th May 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“Controversial surveillance cameras set up in two predominantly Muslim neighbourhoods will start to be removed today, police said.”
The Independent, 9th May 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Lady Justice Hallett has produced a series of recommendations under rule 43 of the Coroners Rules 1984.”
The Guardian, 6th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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Charon QC, 6th May 2011
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“Charon QC” is the blogging pseudonym of Mike Semple Piggot, editor of insitelaw newswire.
“The coroner of the 7 July inquests, Lady Justice Hallett, will reveal today how she has responded to relatives of the victims who say MI5 could have taken steps to prevent the bombings, and the security service’s insistence that it cannot be blamed.”
The Guardian, 6th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A British Muslim man accused of raising funds for terrorist organisations was subjected to a ‘sustained and very violent assault’ during his arrest by four specialist officers from the Metropolitan police, a court has heard.”
The Guardian, 4th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“British courts yesterday won back the power to deport terrorist suspects, criminals and failed asylum seekers after European judges were told to stop interfering.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th April 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The need for powers to hold terror suspects for more than 14 days in the future cannot be ruled out, the country’s top prosecutor said today.”
The Independent, 26th April 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The determination of a claim for judicial review challenging decisions whereby the claimants were placed, as persons believed to be associated with terrorism, on a list the effect of which was that their assets were frozen and release of any funds was placed in the discretion of the state, would not involve the determination of the claimants’ ‘civil rights’ for the purposes of article 6 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, as scheduled to the Human Rights Act 1998.”
WLR Daily, 13th April 2011
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Please note that once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“The Home Secretary must revoke a control order imposed on a terror suspect, the Court of Appeal ruled today.”
The Independent, 5th April 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The Ministry of Defence lobbied behind closed doors to restrict the provision of legal aid to claimants questioning the treatment of military detainees in Iraq and Afghanistan, the high court has heard.”
The Guardian, 5th April 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man jailed for 45 years for plotting to blow up an Israeli airliner won a High Court challenge today against Government refusals to allow his early release.”
The Independent, 1st April 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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