“The home secretary, Jacqui Smith, yesterday presented the first detailed evidence to MPs for the case to go beyond the 28-day limit for holding terror suspects without charge.”
The Guardian, 25th July 2007
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“Home Secretary Jacqui Smith says ‘the time is now right’ to reconsider extending detention without charge beyond the current 28 days limit.”
BBC News, 24th July 2004
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“More than half of those arrested in the UK on suspicion of terrorism since September 2001 have been released without charge, according to figures.”
BBC News, 17th July 2007
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“Four thousand al-Qa’ida suspects and sympathisers are on M15’s watchlist, the Home Office warned as it accelerated plans for new anti-terror legislation.”
The Independent, 17th July 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Judges should be able to decide how long alleged terrorists can be detained without trial, a Government adviser said yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th July 2007
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“Police chiefs have called for their right to hold terrorist suspects without charge for 28 days to be lengthened to ‘as long as it takes’.”
The Independent, 16th July 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Senior police officers say their calls to be allowed to hold terror suspects for longer without charge would not mean any kind of ‘internment’.”
BBC News, 15th July 2007
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“Police chiefs want to build a new high-security interrogation centre to hold the growing number of people detained in counter-terrorist investigations.”
Sunday Telegraph, 15th July 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“As the four July 21 bomb plotters started their 40-year minimum sentences this week, a group of police special branch officers – the foot soldiers of the security services – based at Prison Service headquarters were quietly working to ensure that the failed bombers do not inspire a new generation of violent jihadists.”
The Guardian, 14th July 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man has been found guilty of terrorism offences while his wife has been cleared of hiding information about her husband’s activities.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th July 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Britain launched an attempt at the European Court of Human Rights yesterday to overturn an 11-year old judgment by the Court which bans the deportation of terrorists where they face a risk of torture or degrading treatment.”
The Guardian, 12th July 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A firm of solicitors which represented some of the July 21 bombers has been strongly criticised by the trial judge.”
Daily Telegraph, 11th July 2007
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“Controversial Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri should not be extradited to the US to face terror charges, a court has been told.”
BBC News, 11th July 2007
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“Four men convicted of the 21 July bomb plot have been jailed for life, with a minimum tariff of 40 years each.”
BBC News, 11th July 2007
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“The Home Office today announced the appointment of Charles Farr OBE as Director General of the newly constituted Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism.”
Home Office, 6th July 2007
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
“MPs on Tuesday renewed a law allowing police to detain terrorism suspects for 28 days without charge as the government argued recent suspected plots demonstrated the need for the measure.”
Reuters, 10th July 2007
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“The jury deliberating the cases of the alleged July 21 bomb plotters was today discharged after being unable to reach a verdict on the final two defendants.”
The Guardian, 10th July 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The UK must withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) because its interpretation by the courts encourages terrorists to come to Britain, according to a report published today.”
The Times, 9th July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Three men were today found guilty of an extremist Islamist plot to detonate bombs on tube trains and a bus in London on July 21 2005.”
The Guardian, 9th July 2007
source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man who stored up what police called a ‘vast library of terrorist material’ has been jailed for nine years.”
BBC News, 6th July 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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