“Police need at least 50 days to question some terrorist suspects before charging them, the country’s top officer has said.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th October 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Fighting terrorism continues to be one of the fastest-growing items in the Government’s budget. By the end of this financial year, the whole cost of anti-terrorist initiatives, taking in everything from education programmes to undercover police work, will have risen to £2.5bn a year. By 2010-11, that figure will be up to £3.5bn – more than three times what it was at the start of the decade.”
The Independent, 10th October 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Impact of Terrorism on the Rule of Law (PDF)
Speech by Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
American Bar Association Conference, 3rd October 2007
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“Britain’s most senior judge defended the Human Rights Act this morning as a key weapon in the fight against terrorism and called for the rights of the UK’s ‘millions of immigrants’ to be protected.”
The Times, 3rd October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The armed police who shot Jean Charles de Menezes were briefed hours beforehand that they would be using ‘unusual’ lethal tactics and would only be deployed if officers on the ground believed they were dealing with a suicide bomber who was ‘deadly’ and ‘up for it’, the Old Bailey heard yesterday.”
The Independent, 3rd October 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The trial of the Metropolitan Police over the fatal shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes is due to begin.”
BBC News, 1st October 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A new maximum security police station to hold up to 30 terrorism suspects ‘for protracted periods’ is being planned to replace the 1960s Paddington Green police station in London.”
The Guardian, 21st September 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“British intelligence and security officials were facing fresh questions about allegations of complicity in torture yesterday after a terrorism suspect appeared in court accused of plotting an al-Qaida attack.”
The Guardian, 20th September 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“More than half of terror suspects under house arrest-like conditions in the UK are now British, according to figures.”
BBC News, 17th September 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A review of human rights laws in Britain and Europe has been demanded by John Reid amid fresh fears that they are hindering the fight against crime and terrorism.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th September 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The country’s most senior policeman was lambasted for ‘a lack of an inquiring mind’ by members of his force’s watchdog yesterday over his actions following the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th September 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A new law swept through Congress by the US government before the summer recess is to give American security agencies unprecedented powers to spy on British citizens without a warrant.”
The Observer, 19th August 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The family and legal team of a British resident jailed in Spain as a terror suspect claim he is the victim of the Spanish equivalent of Guantánamo Bay. Mohammed Fahsi has been detained for more than 18 months after being arrested by Spanish police who claimed to have struck a blow against a recruiting network that was sending suicide bombers to Iraq.”
The Guardian, 20th August 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man charged in connection with the failed 21 July 2005 bombings in London has been committed for trial.”
BBC News, 16th August 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Relatives of those killed in the July 7 bombings in 2005 yesterday stepped up their campaign for an independent inquiry into the attacks, which left 52 people dead and hundreds injured.”
The Guardian, 16th August 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Government warned climate change protesters at Heathrow last night to stay within the bounds of the law, as fears grew that militant elements would mount illegal protests.”
The Times, 14th August 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Armed police will use anti-terrorism powers to ‘deal robustly’ with climate change protesters at Heathrow next week, as confrontations threaten to bring major delays to the already overstretched airport.”
The Guardian, 11th August 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The first people to be charged over the 7 July 2005 London bomb attacks are to appear in court.”
BBC News, 10th August 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“One of the five British residents London wants freed from the Guantanamo prison camp has already been cleared for release but will not be sent to his native land because of fears he would be abused there, a Pentagon official said on Thursday.”
Reuters, 9th August 2007
Source: www.reuters.com
“The UK government has requested the release of five British residents from US custody at Guantanamo Bay.”
BBC News, 7th August 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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