July 21 bombers launch appeal – Daily Telegraph
“The July 21 bombers will appeal against their life sentence today having been found guilty for conspiracy to murder.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th March 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Category: terrorism
Legal Opinion: Why governments can’t carry on turning a blind eye to torture – The Independent
“European judges have delivered a landmark ruling in the so-called ‘war on terror’, says Robert Verkaik, Law Editor, and it is one that we should all have reason to celebrate.”
The Independent, 5th March 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Officials warn of terrorist links to prison gangs – The Guardian
“The growing number of terrorist prisoners are forging connections with the existing gangs inside Britain’s high security jails to the alarm of senior Prison Service managers, according to internal Ministry of Justice documents.”
The Guardian, 3rd March 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
British island ‘used by US for rendition’ – The Guardian
“Britain’s denials that its territories have been used for ‘extraordinary rendition’ were dramatically undermined last night after the United Nations claimed that Diego Garcia has been used as a detention centre to hold US suspects.”
The Guardian, 2nd March
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
European judges thwart attempts to deport foreign terrorist suspects – The Times
“Britain’s efforts to deport terrorist suspects including the radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada were dealt a serious blow by the European Court of Human Rights yesterday.”
The Times, 29th February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
New strategy to stem flow of terror recruits – The Guardian
“Senior police officers have drawn up a radical strategy to stop British Muslims turning to violence which will see every area of the country mapped for its potential to produce extremists and supporters for al-Qaida. The 40-page document, marked restricted, was approved by a top-level police counter-terrorism committee on Monday, and is expected to be formally adopted within weeks.”
The Guardian, 28th February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Government challenges compensation ruling on wrongly accused pilot – The Guardian
“The government today lodged an appeal in the case of an Algerian pilot who was wrongly accused of training some of the September 11 hijackers.”
The Guardian, 27th February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
No Arabic staff at jail “creating risks” – Reuters
“A lack of Muslim and Arabic-speaking staff at a jail that detains terrorism suspects is creating a security risk because they could not understand what inmates were discussing, a government report revealed on Wednesday.”
Reuters, 27th February 2008
Source: www.reuters.com
Terror remands over 28 days will be rare, minister tells rebel MPs – The Guardian
“The government attempted to reach out to Labour rebels yesterday by saying there was ‘no compelling evidence’ for a permanent extension of the time terrorist suspects could be held without charge to beyond 28 days.”
The Guardian, 27th February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Preacher guilty of organising terror training camps – The Guardian
“A terrorist instructor who called himself ‘Osama bin London’ has been convicted, along with three of his followers, of organising al-Qaida style training camps across Britain.”
The Guardian, 26th February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Home secretary makes concession in terror detention row – The Guardian
“Jacqui Smith is to offer a concession to backbench Labour MPs in an attempt to avoid a damaging rebellion against the government’s plans to detain terror suspects without charge for up to 42 days.”
The Guardian, 26th February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
The answer to extreme ideas is more discussion, not less . . . – The Times
“Freedom of expression is valued because truth tends to be promoted, and error exposed, by allowing free debate.”
The Times, 26th February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Muslim convert not a threat, says judge – The Guardian
“The High Court today quashed a control order restricting the movements of a British convert to Islam on the grounds there was ‘no reasonable suspicion’ that he was planning to travel abroad to engage in terrorist activity.”
The Guardian, 22nd February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Human rights and the battle on terror – Law Commission
“The Second Leslie Scarman Lecture 2008. The lecture given on 13/02/08 by Professor Aharon Barak on ‘Human Rights and the Battle on Terror.’
Law Commission, 21st February 2008
Source: www.lawcom.gov.uk
No CPS appeal over terror ruling – BBC News
“The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) will not appeal against a ruling which freed five young Muslims from jail over extremist literature, it has announced.”
BBC News, 20th February 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
R v Zafar; R v Malik; R v Raja; R v Iqbal; R v Butt – WLR Daily
R v Zafar; R v Malik; R v Raja; R v Iqbal; R v Butt [2008] EWCA Crim 184; [2008] WLR (D) 51
“A person possessed an article for terrorist purposes if he possessed it in circumstances which gave rise to a reasonable suspicion that he intended it to be used for the purpose of the commission, preparation or instigation of an act of terrorism.” WLR Daily, 19th February 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR sereis the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
R (Raissi) v Secretary of State for the Home Department – WLR Daily
R (Raissi) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] EWCA Civ 72; [2008] WLR (D) 49
“The court was entitled to decide the meaning of a ministerial policy introducing an ex gratia compensation scheme. The purpose of the policy in question was to compensate those who had spent a period in custody resulting from a serious default on the part of a police officer or some other public authority, such as the Crown Prosecution Service. It was not limited to a period in custody following a wrongful conviction or charge, but applied to a person detained for the purpose of extradition proceedings where there had been serious default by the CPS or the police.”
WLR Daily, 18th February 2008
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.
Man behind plot to behead soldier is jailed – The Times
“A fanatic backed by al-Qaeda was jailed for life yesterday for planning the kidnap, torture and beheading of a British soldier as a way of terrorising Muslims who join the Armed Forces.”
The Times, 19th February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Lord Carlile Report: Control Orders Are “Justifiable And Proportional” – Home Office
“Lord Carlile’s report on the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 analyses the operation of the control order system in 2007 and concludes that he ‘would have reached the same decision as the Secretary of State in each case in which a control order has been made, so far as the actual making of the order is concerned’.”
Home Office press release, 18th February 2008
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
Related link: Lord Carlile’s third independent report (PDF)
Sixth man charged over beheading plot found not guilty – The Guardian
“A sixth man charged over a plot to kidnap and kill a British soldier and supply equipment to terrorists in Pakistan was today found not guilty at Leicester crown court.”
The Guardian, 18th February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
