“Six years of fighting for justice left Lotfi Raissi an emotional and physical wreck and his marriage close to ruin. But yesterday, the Algerian pilot falsely accused of training the September 11 terrorists heard, finally, that he was ‘completely exonerated’ of any part in the attacks on the twin towers.”
The Times, 15th February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Samina Malik, the self-styled ‘Lyrical Terrorist’ who wrote poetry about beheading Western hostages, could be one of the first beneficiaries of yesterday’s Court of Appeal judgments.”
The Times, 14th February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Dozens of anti-terrorist investigations and prosecutions are in jeopardy after senior judges yesterday quashed the convictions of five young Muslims for downloading extremist propaganda. Three Court of Appeal judges, led by the Lord Chief Justice, questioned whether they should ever have been prosecuted for merely possessing the material. The ruling means that in future the prosecution will have to prove that defendants intended to commit terrorist attacks.”
The Times, 14th February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Five young men jailed by a judge who said they had become ‘intoxicated’ by extremist propaganda were freed by the Court of Appeal today.”
The Independent, 13th February 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The foreign secretary, David Miliband, today opened a rift with the Bush administration by raising doubts about the fairness of US military tribunals for the six men charged in connection with the September 11 attacks.”
The Guardian, 12th February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Ministers admitted yesterday that they are examining Washington’s demands to allow armed guards on US airline flights from the UK to America, and indicated that the request could affect the future of visa-free travel by Britons to America.”
The Guardian, 12th February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Britain’s most senior counter-terrorism police officer was named today as Bob Quick, the chief constable of Surrey.”
The Guardian, 8th February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A police officer last night claimed he was forced by the Metropolitan Police to carry out the bugging of a meeting in prison between Babar Ahmed, a terrorist suspect, and his MP, Sadiq Khan.”
The Independent, 5th February
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Five men, including the brothers of two of the failed July 21 London bombers, were today found guilty of helping them in the aftermath of the attacks.”
The Guardian, 4th February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The justice secretary, Jack Straw, will make a Commons statement today about claims that a senior Muslim MP was bugged by police while meeting a constituent in prison.”
The Guardian, 4th February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A new counter-terrorism phrasebook has been drawn up within Whitehall to advise civil servants on how to talk to Muslim communities about the nature of the terror threat without implying they are specifically to blame.”
The Guardian, 4th February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The government was yesterday criticised over plans to hold inquests without juries, which campaigners fear could limit hearings into the deaths of British soldiers and people shot by police.”
The Guardian, 4th Febraury 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Scotland Yard’s antiterrorist squad secretly bugged a high-profile Labour Muslim MP during private meetings with one of his constituents.”
The Times, 3rd February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The role of the British-owned Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia in the detention of terror suspects remains unproven. There may be more to know, says Robert Verkaik, Law Editor.”
The Independent, 1st February 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A Moroccan man accused of links with al-Qaeda and involvement in the 9/11 and Madrid attacks will remain in custody after losing his appeal at the House of Lords.”
The Times, 30th January 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A British convert to Islam has been told that a terrorism control order imposed on him is to be quashed.”
BBC News, 29th January 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Today I am talking to Carl Gardner, author of the Head of Legal blog. Carl was a government lawyer for ten years specialising in Constitutional and EU Law issues. Now freelance, Carl has some useful views today about the Peter Hain resignation, the Police investigation, possible charges, the new Counter Terrorism proposals being debated in Parliament and he is keeping a watching brief on the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party – the EU Treaty debate in The House of Commons.”
Source: www.charonqc.wordpress.com
“Charon QC” is the blogging pseudonym of Mike Semple Piggot, editor of Consilio.tv
Related link: Head of Legal blog
“Tough new measures to protect the public from terrorism were introduced in Parliament today, as the Home Office published the Counter-terrorism Bill 2008.”
Home Office, 24th January 2008
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
“A controversial proposal by the Government to extend pre-charge detention for terror suspects to up to 42 days could undermine the help that Muslim groups are giving police, according to the Home Office’s official assessment of the measure.”
The Times, 25th January 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The government is facing defeat over its legislation to hold terror suspects for up to 42 days without charge, which is to be published today without many of the safeguards demanded by opponents.”
The Guardian, 24th January 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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