Terror suspect held lawfully – The Times
“An Iraqi terrorist suspect held without trial by the British military for three years is being detained lawfully, the Law Lords ruled yesterday.”
The Times, 13th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Category: terrorism
Regina (Al-Jedda) v Secretary of State for Defence – Times Law Reports
Regina (Al-Jedda) v Secretary of State for Defence
“The detention without trial of persons in Iraq by British Armed Forces under the legal regime established by United Nations Security Council Resolution 1546 was attributable to the United Kingdom rather than the UN.”
The Times, 13th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
Reprimand for Met’s former terror chief – The Guardian
“The former head of Scotland Yard’s counter-terrorism unit will be reprimanded for his role in the aftermath of the fatal shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes, the Independent Police Complaints Commission said last night.”
The Guardian, 13th December 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Former lord chancellor joins critics of detention beyond 28 days – The Guardian
“The former lord chancellor, Lord Falconer, has joined the swelling ranks of opponents of the government’s plans to extend pre-charge detention beyond 28 days.”
The Guardian, 13th December 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Police terror checks broke rules – BBC News
“Police officers at Britain’s second biggest airport made unauthorised terrorism stops and searches, the Home Office has revealed.”
BBC News, 12th December 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Phone tap evidence ‘should be allowed in terrorist asset cases’ – The Times
“Evidence from telephone taps and other surveillance should be permitted in legal hearings to freeze terrorists’ assets, Jacqui Smith proposed yesterday.”
The Times, 12th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Terror detention extension a ‘charade’, say dissenting MPs – The Guardian
“Government plans to extend the length of time terror suspects can be held without charge to 42 days were denounced by MPs today as a ‘charade’.”
The Guardian, 11th December 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Foreign Office accused of swap deal over terror suspects – The Guardian
“Two men wanted in Pakistan for alleged terrorist activity have been charged in London under the Terrorism Act as part of what human rights campaigners claim is a secret deal between the two countries.”
The Guardian, 11th December 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Fixation with terrorism ‘exposes Britain to other security risks’ – The Times
“The national security effort focuses too heavily on terrorism at the expense of fighting organised crime, securing energy supplies and tackling other international threats, a report states today.”
The Times, 10th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
And then there was one: four British residents freed from Guantánamo – The Guardian
“Four British residents held without charge at the American detention camp for suspected terrorists at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba are to be released, reducing the UK involvement with the camp to just one inmate.”
The Guardian, 8th December 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
42-day detention plan attacked as constitutionally illiterate – The Guardian
“Proposals to extend the limit for pre-charge detention to 42 days are ‘constitutionally illiterate’ as well as dangerous, critics warned yesterday, because proper parliamentary scrutiny would confuse the roles of MPs and judges.”
The Guardian, 8th December 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Guantanamo Britons could now face control orders – The Observer
“Civil liberties groups were outraged yesterday at suggestions that three British residents soon to be released from Guantanamo Bay will be subjected to control orders.”
The Observer, 9th December 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Security agenda is out of date, thinktank says – The Guardian
“Whitehall’s notions of what constitutes national security are out of date, incoherent and need a radical shake-up, a report by the thinktank Demos will say today.”
The Guardian, 10th December 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Terror detention limit ‘should be 42 days’ – The Independent
“The Government wants to increase the period police can detain terror suspects without charge to 42 days, Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said today.”
The Independent, 6th December 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Lyrical terrorist’ sentenced over extremist poetry – The Guardian
“A 23-year-old former Heathrow shop assistant who called herself the ‘lyrical terrorist’ and scrawled her extremist thoughts on till receipts has been handed a nine-month suspended jail sentence.”
The Guardian, 6th December 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Muslims ‘criminalised for silly thoughts’ – The Times
“Young Muslims are being convicted of thought crimes and branded as terrorists for life, the country’s most prominent Islamic leader has told The Times.”
The Times, 6th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Plan to let MPs vote on how long individual terror suspects are held – The Times
“MPs will be given a vote on whether to trigger emergency powers that would allow terrorist suspects to be held beyond 28 days, under plans to be announced by the Home Secretary within days.”
The Times, 6th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Secretary of State for the Home Department v AF – WLR Daily
Secretary of State for the Home Department v AF [2007] EWHC 2828 (Admin)
“A judge who decided issues arising on a hearing under s 3(10) of the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 adversely to either party was not for that reason disqualified by prejudgment from adjudicating in subsequent proceedings under the 2005 Act to which the respondent was a party.”
WLR Daily, 3rd December 2007
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.
Report urges counter-terrorism review by firms – Reuters
“Companies should review everything from evacuation plans to staff vetting and corporate communications if they want to reduce their vulnerability to homegrown terrorism, a leading think-tank said on Monday.”
Reuters, 3rd December 2007
Source: www.reuters.com
