UK considers Guantanamo man move – BBC News
“The government is given a further week by the High Court to consider its refusal to disclose material in case of a UK resident held in Guantanamo Bay.”
BBC News, 29th August 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: detention
Binyam Mohamed: Profile – The Guardian
“Binyam Mohamed, the last remaining Guantánamo Bay detainee with an automatic right to return to the UK, faces the death penalty after being charged with terrorism offences by the Pentagon.”
The Guardian, 21st August 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Guantánamo Bay detainee wins right to see ‘torture’ files – The Guardian
“A British resident being held in Guantánamo Bay today won his high court bid to force British security services to reveal secret information on him.”
The Guardian, 21st August 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Immigration cells squalid and unfit for use – The Guardian
“A police custody suite used to hold immigration detainees for up to seven days has been condemned by prison and police inspectors as unhygienic, unsafe and unfit for use.”
The Guardian, 6th August 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Peers strike new blow against 42-day law – The Independent
“Proposed anti-terrorism laws to detain suspects for up to 42 days will be seriously undermined this week when senior peers condemn them as politicised and unconstitutional.”
The Independent, 3rd August 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
UK Guantanamo man in legal battle – BBC News
“A British resident held in Guantanamo Bay is to launch a court battle to make the UK government release evidence for his defence.”
BBC News, 27th July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Chakrabarti attacks Asian MPs over support for 42-day detention – The Guardian
“Shami Chakrabarti has hit out at Sadiq Khan and eight other Asian Labour MPs over their decision to vote in favour of the government’s 42-day detention plan.”
The Guardian, 16th July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Commuter Nzube Udezue files complaint over armed arrest ordeal – The Guardian
“An innocent commuter mistakenly detained at gunpoint has filed an official complaint over his arrest after it emerged that he did not match the description of the armed suspect police had been seeking.”
The Guardian, 14th July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Report calls for end to detention of child asylum seekers – Reuters
“Britain should stop detaining thousands of children of foreigners seeking asylum, the Independent Asylum Commission said in a report published on Thursday.”
Reuters, 10th July 2008
Source: www.reuters.com
Impractical and wrong in principle: former MI5 chief’s verdict on Brown’s 42-day plan – The Guardian
“Gordon Brown’s plan to detain terror suspects without charge for up to 42 days suffered a big setback yesterday when the former head of MI5 condemned it as unworkable and all but accused Downing Street of playing politics with Britain’s national security.”
The Guardian, 9th July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Witness law to be debated by MPs – BBC News
“MPs are to debate emergency legislation to restore trial judges’ powers to grant anonymity to witnesses.”
BBC News, 8th July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
42 days: Government plans set for rough ride in Lords – The Guardian
“The two most senior legal figures in Tony Blair’s government will today join peers from all parties to attack the government’s plans for 42-day pre-charge detention for terrorist suspects.”
The Guardian, 8th July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Senior peers to mount attack on 42-days plan – The Independent
“The two most senior legal figures in Tony Blair’s cabinet will today lead a devastating assault against plans to hold terror suspects without charge for up to 42 days.”
The Independent, 8th July 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Human rights body condemns counter-terrorism bill – The Guardian
“Government plans to extend pre-charge detention for terror suspects to 42 days are ‘unnecessary, disproportionate and counter-productive’ and should be rejected when they come before the House of Lords next week, an international human rights group said today. ”
The Guardian, 4th July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Brown denies offering inducements to MPs over 42-day plans – The Guardian
“Gordon Brown today denied offering peerages or other inducements to persuade MPs to back the government’s controversial plans to detain terror suspects for up to 42 days.”
The Guardian, 3rd July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Legal Opinion: Britain must obey the rule of law over Iraqis detained without trial – The Independent
“Two Iraqis have been held without trial by the British Army for five years. Why is this any different from Guantanamo Bay?, asks Phil Shiner, of Public Interest Lawyers.”
The Independent, 25th June 2008
Source: www.indpendent.co.uk
Clarke warns on terror detentions – BBC News
“Concessions made to secure the passage of the 42-day detention bill will ‘damage the fight against terrorism’, a former home secretary has said.”
BBC News, 20th June 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Government thwarted on terror detentions – Daily Telegraph
“The Government’s attempts to lock up foreign terrorism suspects have been thwarted at every turn.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th June 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Does England have house arrest? – BBC Law Magazine
“One of the UK’s top terrorism suspects is starting a new life beyond the razor wire of prison – within the walls of his own home. Is this house arrest?”
BBC Law Magazine, 18th June 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Lawyers split over 42 day detention period – The Lawyer
“City lawyers are split over the extension of the pre-charge detention period to 42 days which was narrowly passed in the House of Commons on Wednesday.”
The Lawyer, 13th June 2008
Source: www.thelawyer.com
