Jack Straw spent £75 million on temporary cells – Daily Telegraph
“A scheme to house prisoners in police stations because of prison overcrowding has cost taxpayers £75 million.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th March 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Category: detention
Guantanamo detainee back in UK – The Independent
“A British resident held at Guantanamo Bay for more than four years arrived back in the UK today. ”
The Independent, 23rd February 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Related link: Binyam Mohamed’s full statement
Coming home: the last Briton in Guantanamo – The Independent
“The seven-year ordeal of a British resident held by the Americans at Guantanamo Bay is expected to end this evening when an RAF plane touches down at a military airfield somewhere in the Home Counties.”
The Independent, 23rd February 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
A and Others v United Kingdom (Application No 3455/05) – Times Law Reports
A and Others v United Kingdom (Application No 3455/05)
European Court of Human Rights
“The European Court of Human Rights held the United Kingdom in breach of article 5.1 of the European Convention on Human Rights in respect of nonnational terrorist suspects, since they had not been detained with a view to deportation and the derogating measures permitting their indefinite detention discriminated unjustifiably between nationals and nonnationals.”
The Times, 20th February 2009
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.
Abu Qatada gets £2,500 compensation for breach of human rights – The Guardian
“Muslim preacher awarded damages by European judges for being detained after September 11 attacks.”
The Guardian, 19th February 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Prosecutors examining Binyam case – BBC News
“Prosecutors are being consulted over whether a criminal investigation should be ordered into UK security agents’ treatment of Binyam Mohamed.”
BBC News, 18th February 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Asylum detainees win record payout – The Independent
“In a landmark settlement, the Congolese family have been awarded £150,000, believed to be the biggest payout over the unlawful detention of child refugees seeking asylum in Britain.”
The Independent, 13th February 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Inside Guantanamo: the diary of Binyam Mohamed – The Independent
“The only remaining British resident held at the prison camp is at the centre of a row about allegations of torture. Revealed today, this is his account of the inhumane treatment he has received in the name of the war on terror.”
The Independent, 11th February 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Regina (Al-Saadoon and Another) v Secretary of State for Defence – Times Law Reports
Regina (Al-Saadoon and Another) v Secretary of State for Defence
Court of Appeal
“Iraqi detainees held in a United Kingdom internment facility in Iraq on the authority of the local criminal court were not under the jurisdiction of the UK for the purposes of the European Convention on Human Rights.”
The Times, 4th February 2009
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.
R (Al-Saadoon and another ) v Secretary of State for Defence – WLR Daily
R (Al-Saadoon and another ) v Secretary of State for Defence; [2009] WLR (D) 17
“Iraqi detainees held in a UK internment facility in Iraq on the authority of the local criminal court were not under the jurisdiction of the United Kingdom for the purposes of art 1 of the European Convention on Human Rights.”
WLR Daily, 23rd January 2009
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.
Approach to restraint of young people to be overhauled following independent review – Ministry of Justice
“The approach to the restraint of young people in young offender institutions, secure training centres and secure children’s homes (under-18 secure estates) is to be overhauled, the government announced today. ”
Ministry of Justice, 15th December 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
UK runs ‘Guantanamo camps’, says detainees – The Independent
“Asylum-seekers who claim to have been abused by British security guards accused the Government yesterday of running Guantanamo Bay-style detention camps.”
The Independent, 11th December 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Held asylum seeker given £38,000 – BBC News
“An African asylum seeker who fled her homeland after being tortured and raped has been awarded £38,000 after a judge ruled her detention ‘unlawful’.”
BBC News, 4th December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
R (DB) v Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust – WLR Daily
R (DB) v Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust [2008] EWCA Civ 1354; [2008] WLR (D) 375
“The effect of an order for the admission and detention of an offender in a hospital, within s 37 of the Mental Health Act 1983, was limited by s 40 to the period of 28 days from the date of the making of the order. A subsequent amendment of the order did not authorise admission after the 28-day period in the original order.”
WLR Daily, 3rd December 2008
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.
Regina (Zimbabwe) v Secretary of State for the Home Department – Times Law Reports
Regina (Zimbabwe) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
Court of Appeal
“Ministerial power to detain an overstaying immigrant was limited only to the process of deportation; any detention under the immigration provisions would be subject to the control of the courts, principally by way of judicial review.”
The Times, 21st November 2008
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.
Smith insists government was right on 42 days – The Guardian
“Jacqui Smith today said she was sorry for ‘ruffling feathers’ over plans to increase detention without charge for terror suspects to 42 days but insisted she was more concerned about the safety of the nation.”
The Guardian, 28th October 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Community support officers to be given the power to detain – The Independent
“Police community support officers should be given extended powers that would allow them to be able to detain suspects for the first time, Jacqui Smith, the Home Secretary, said yesterday.”
The Independent, 17th October 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Comment is Free: On 42 days, their lordships were glorious – The Guardian
“The rejection of Labour’s proposal for detention without charge was a victory for human rights and common sense in parliament.”
The Guardian, 14th October 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Smith warns of continued terror threat after Lords defeat – The Guardian
“The threat from terrorism is now ‘at the severe end of severe’ Jacqui Smith said today as she urged opposition parties to back a fresh bill to extend pre-charge detention for terror suspects to 42 days.”
The Guardian, 14th October 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Falconer leads assault on 42-day plan – The Guardian
“Tony Blair’s former lord chancellor, Lord Falconer, yesterday dismissed as ‘fanciful’ the government’s argument that the fight against terrorism would be assisted by extending to 42 days the maximum period a suspect can be detained without charge. Leading a cross-party assault on the plan in the House of Lords, which last night overwhelmingly rejected the measure by 309 votes to 118, Falconer said he had decided to vote against his government with a ‘heavy heart’.”
The Guardian, 14th October 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
