“A former jihadist recruiter who now seeks to deradicalise young Muslims was released without charge yesterday after being held for 12 days under the Terrorism Act.”
The Times, 22nd May 2008
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“The Ministry of Justice has been refused permission to appeal against a ruling that it should compensate an Algerian man wrongly jailed for five months on suspicion of training one of the September 11 hijackers.”
The Times, 22nd May 2008
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“Rebel Labour MPs today tabled an amendment to the counter-terrorism bill that could block Gordon Brown’s attempts to extend the detention without charge limit to 42 days.”
The Guardian, 16th May 2008
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“Gordon Brown should abandon plans to take the ‘extraordinary step’ of detaining terror suspects without charge for up to 42 days because the proposals are fundamentally flawed, a committee of MPs and peers advised yesterday.”
The Guardian, 15th May 2008
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“Extending the pre-charge detention limit for terrorism suspects to 42 days is ‘wholly unnecessary’, a cross-party group of MPs and peers has said.”
BBC News, 14th May 2008
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“An extremist Muslim cleric regarded as Osama bin Laden’s ‘spiritual ambassador in Europe’ must be released on bail, a judge ruled yesterday.”
The Times, 9th May 2008
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“Charles Clarke, the former home secretary, has urged Gordon Brown to signal a change in his leadership style by abandoning his controversial plans to extend the detention without charge limit to 42 days.”
The Guardian, 7th May 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The last British resident left in Guantánamo Bay is suing the UK government for refusing to produce evidence that he was a victim of extraordinary rendition and torture.”
The Guardian, 6th May 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Pressure on Jacqui Smith to back down over plans to hold terror suspects for up to 42 days without charge intensified yesterday after leaked documents suggested ministers were considering allowing suspects to be held under house arrest.”
The Independent, 28th April 2008
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“The true cost of using detention centres to lock up failed asylum-seekers has been exposed by statistics showing the extent of self-harm among those held.”
The Independent, 19th April 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Eight men freed from Guantanamo Bay are suing the British Government for millions of pounds, claiming that it was complicit in the process in which they were detained and sent for interrogation at the detention camp.”
The Times, 19th April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Ministers do not need to extend pre-charge detention to 42 days because they already have the power to almost indefinitely hold suspects who do not reveal what is held on their computers, a rebel Labour MP said today.”
The Guardian, 14th April 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Cabinet ministers are split over the need to force through new laws to extend the maximum detention of suspected terror suspects from 28 to 42 days without charge – a month before ministers could face a bruising defeat by up to 30 votes in the Commons over the issue.”
The Guardian, 14th April 2008
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“The Home Secretary was accused of desperation last night for quoting five-month-old figures to support the case for detaining terrorism suspects for 42 days.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th April 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The first signs of a high-level Cabinet split over proposals to extend suspects’ detention to 42 days emerged yesterday as the government faced criticism from Labour backbenchers. Gordon Brown has been counselled by senior colleagues that there is no real need to push ahead with the extension, adding to the pressure from leading figures in the judiciary, including the director of public prosecutions, Sir Ken Macdonald.”
The Guardian, 2nd April 2008
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“Powers to allow terrorist suspects to be detained without charge for 42 days are not needed and are unlikely to find favour with the judges who would have to approve them, the Director of Public Prosecutions said yesterday.”
The Times, 1st April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A young Muslim woman has spoken about the appalling conditions she had to endure when she was held for 12 days without charge by police using existing powers to detain suspects in terrorist cases.”
The Independent, 1st April 2008
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“Plans to extend the limit on detaining terror suspects without charge to 42 days could face an Equality and Human Rights Commission court challenge.”
BBC News, 31st March 2008
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“Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has dismissed claims by a fellow minister that the government is out of touch.”
BBC News, 30th March 2008
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“The spy writer John Le Carré, the actors Colin Firth and Patrick Stewart, the novelist Iain Banks, fashion designer Vivienne Westwood and professor of philosophy A C Grayling are among a group of leading figures from the arts and academia who have written to Gordon Brown to oppose the extension of pre-charge detention to 42 days for terrorist suspects.”
The Independent, 31st March 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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