“Analysis of the court ruling yesterday on deporting suspected terrorists on the basis of confidential assurances because they would face torture or death.”
The Guardian, 19th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Two men who were arrested in major counter-terrorism raids but never charged today won their appeals against deportation.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th May 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Five Pakistani students who were accused of planning a bomb attack will hear if they have won appeals against deportation from the UK.”
BBC News, 18th May 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A white supremacist who became the first person to be sentenced for producing a chemical weapon was jailed for 10 years today.”
The Independent, 14th May 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“More than 5,000 security guards in London’s financial district have been instructed by police to report people taking photographs, recording footage or even making sketches near buildings, the Guardian has learned. City of London police’s previously unseen advice singles out people who may appear to be ‘legitimate tourists’ to prevent reconnaissance by al-Qaida. The document, obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, helps explain a number of recent cases in which photographers have been stopped and searched by police using section 44 of the Terrorism Act, after first being approached by security guards.”
The Guardian, 13th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man who pretended to be al-Qa’ida’s ’emir’ in Britain by publicly calling for the murder of Gordon Brown and Tony Blair pleaded guilty to a string of terrorism offences yesterday.”
The Independent, 11th May 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“An Algerian terror suspect has been allowed to stay in Britain because attempts to remove him have taken so long his children are now settled here.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th May 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Regina v Y (A) [2010] EWCA Crim 762; [2010] WLR (D) 112
“Where a person possessed information likely to be useful to a terrorist within the meaning of s 58(1) of the Terrorism Act 2000, the fact that the possession was for the purpose of lawful self-defence which was solely defensive was capable of amounting to the statutory defence of reasonable excuse under s 58(3) of the 2000 Act, to an offence of possession under s 58(1).”
WLR Daily, 6th May 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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“British residents held at Guantánamo Bay could be offered millions of pounds in compensation for wrongful imprisonment and abuse after the court of appeal today dismissed an attempt by MI5 and MI6 to suppress evidence of alleged complicity in torture.”
The Guardian, 4th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A teenage milkman who was prepared to ‘die fighting’ for an ultra rightwing group called the Aryan Task Force was convicted on three terrorism charges today.”
The Guardian, 30th April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Restrictions on the payment of welfare benefits to wives of terror suspects imposed by Ed Balls when he was a Treasury minister have been ruled illegal by the European court of justice.”
The Guardian, 29th April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A doctor accepted ‘substantial’ libel damages at the high court today over false allegations in the Sun linking him to terrorism.”
The Guardian, 27th April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man who was wrongly accused of training the September 11 attackers will be given compensation, the Ministry of Justice confirmed today.”
The Independent, 23rd April 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Relatives of the 7 July suicide bombers applied for legal aid for representation at their inquests, officials said today. Ministers rejected the two applications after ruling that they did not meet the criteria for public funding.”
The Guardian, 22nd April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The family of a man secretly held by the Americans in an Afghanistan detention centre after his arrest by British forces six years ago has begun legal action against the UK Government to help secure his release.”
The Independent, 16th April 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The charity Reprieve is today launching a legal battle to force the British Government to name a suspected terrorist who is being held in Afghanistan.”
The Independent, 15th April 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The Government has rejected parliamentary proposals for tough new laws to stamp out the UK’s involvement in the kidnap and unlawful transfer of terror suspects to third-party states, The Independent has learnt.”
The Independent, 13th April 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The justice secretary, Jack Straw, was ordered by a court yesterday to announce whether the government accepts responsibility for one of the UK’s longest-standing miscarriages of justice.”
The Guardian, 1st April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Home Office is attempting to hold an employment tribunal involving the cousin of a convicted terrorist in secret it has emerged.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd March 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
R (JS (Sri Lanka)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2010] UKSC 15; [2010] WLR (D) 79
“An asylum seeker was excluded from protection under the Convention and Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees (1951) (Cmd 9171), pursuant to art 1F(a), if there were serious reasons for considering him voluntarily to have contributed in a significant way to an organisation’s ability to pursue the purpose of committing war crimes or crimes against humanity, whilst being aware that his assistance would in fact further that purpose.”
WLR Daily, 19th March 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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