“Seven out of eight people arrested under Britain’s terror laws since the al-Qa’ida attacks on America in 2001 were not convicted of a terrorism offence, figures released yesterday show.”
The Independent, 14th May 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The prosecution of cross-border terrorism offences will be strengthened by a new protocol agreed today (8 May 2009) by the Lord Advocate, the Right Honourable Elish Angiolini QC, and the Attorney General, the Right Honourable Baroness Scotland QC.”
Attorney-General’s Office, 9th May 2009
Source: www.attorneygeneral.gov.uk
“Somebody in London is stopped and searched every three minutes, according to new figures obtained by BBC London.”
BBC News, 6th May 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Extremists and preachers of hate who have been banned from Britain are named and shamed by the Government for the first time today.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th May 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Police stopped and searched three times as many people under anti-terrorism powers in 2007/8 compared to the year before, Home Office figures reveal.”
BBC News, 30th April 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Two British Muslims cleared of helping the 7 July bombers were yesterday accused by a judge of betraying the country that had given them a home, as he jailed them for seven years each for planning to attend a terrorist training camp in Pakistan.”
The Guardian, 30th April 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The operation that led to 12 men being arrested on suspicion of plotting a large al-Qaida atrocity is to be investigated by Lord Carlile, the country’s terror watchdog.”
The Guardian, 23rd April 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Like most visitors to London, Klaus Matzka and his teenage son Loris took several photographs of some of the city’s sights, including the famous red double-decker buses. More unusually perhaps, they also took pictures of the Vauxhall bus station, which Matzka regards as ‘modern sculpture’.”
The Guardian, 16th April 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“It would be unfair to convict three men accused of helping the 7 July suicide bombers just because the attacks were so ‘horrific’, a jury has been advised.”
BBC News, 14th April 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Most of the Pakistani men arrested last week in an anti-terrorist operation will be deported rather than charged, senior counter-terrorism sources told The Times last night.”
The Times, 13th April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Police are investigating a report from a human rights group alleging UK involvement in the torture of British terror suspects abroad.”
BBC News, 5th April 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A woman who wrote a leaflet encouraging people to carry out jihad, or holy war, has been sentenced to a community order at Manchester Crown Court.”
BBC News, 30th March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Consistent with the interests of open justice and the rule of law, an annex to an earlier judgment of the court, integral to that judgment but previously withheld so as not to prejudice confidential plea bargain negotiations in the United States involving the claimant, should be made public in accordance with the undertaking of the court at the time of that judgment.”
WLR Daily, 25th March 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.
“A standoff between the communities secretary, Hazel Blears, and the Muslim Council of Britain was said last night to ‘cut to the heart’ of the government’s revised counter-terror strategy to challenge those who defend terrorism and violent extremism.”
The Guardian, 25th March 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Laws intended for counter-terrorism are being misused in an increasingly heavy-handed approach to policing protests, a new parliamentary report warns today.”
The Guardian, 23rd March 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson last night demanded an urgent independent inquiry into why officers who arrested a terror suspect refused to give evidence to a High Court hearing into allegations of abuse.”
The Independent, 19th March 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The Metropolitan Police have agreed to pay £60,000 damages to a man arrested during an anti-terror raid.”
BBC News, 18th March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Foreign Office has admitted failing to make complaints on behalf of British nationals who say they have been tortured after being detained overseas during counter-terrorism investigations.”
The Guardian, 17th March 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A British Muslim man accused of raising funds for terrorism was punched, kicked and strangled during his arrest by specialist officers from the Metropolitan police, the high court in London heard today.”
The Guardian, 16th March 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Strategies to combat online extremism can be crude, expensive and counter-productive, says a report by experts.”
BBC News, 10th March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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