“Three Algerians who have been detained for up to 18 months while waiting for deportation – even though they want to return home – were yesterday granted bail by a high court judge.”
The Guardian, 22nd January 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Prime Minister Gordon Brown is pressing ahead with controversial plans to extend the time terror suspects can be held without charge to 42 days.”
BBC News, 20th January 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Government’s battle to extend the maximum number of days of pre-charge detention for terrorist suspects is doomed, argues Roger Smith.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 17th January 2008
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Gordon Brown has brushed aside a chorus of protest to press ahead with plans to allow terror suspects to be locked up without charge for up to 42 days, leaked documents obtained by The Independent show. The Prime Minister’s refusal to compromise leaves the Home Secretary facing a desperate struggle to avert Mr Brown’s first Commons defeat. Up to 40 Labour MPs have vowed to oppose any extension of the current 28-day limit, already the longest in the Western world.”
The Independent, 18th January 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The lawyer for three British residents arrested hours after returning to the UK from the US Guantanamo Bay detention centre today condemned the Government for ‘lying’ about their release.”
The Independent, 20th December 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Three men released from Guantánamo Bay after five years yesterday were being held by British police last night, even though, according to counter-terrorism sources, they are unlikely to face criminal charges in the UK.”
The Guardian, 20th December 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Government attempts to rally support for an extension of police powers to detention without trial from 28 to 42 days receive a further blow today from MPs and peers.”
The Guardian, 14th December 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An Iraqi terrorist suspect held without trial by the British military for three years is being detained lawfully, the Law Lords ruled yesterday.”
The Times, 13th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Regina (Al-Jedda) v Secretary of State for Defence
“The detention without trial of persons in Iraq by British Armed Forces under the legal regime established by United Nations Security Council Resolution 1546 was attributable to the United Kingdom rather than the UN.”
The Times, 13th December 2007
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.
“The former lord chancellor, Lord Falconer, has joined the swelling ranks of opponents of the government’s plans to extend pre-charge detention beyond 28 days.”
The Guardian, 13th December 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Government plans to extend the length of time terror suspects can be held without charge to 42 days were denounced by MPs today as a ‘charade’.”
The Guardian, 11th December 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Four British residents held without charge at the American detention camp for suspected terrorists at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba are to be released, reducing the UK involvement with the camp to just one inmate.”
The Guardian, 8th December 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Proposals to extend the limit for pre-charge detention to 42 days are ‘constitutionally illiterate’ as well as dangerous, critics warned yesterday, because proper parliamentary scrutiny would confuse the roles of MPs and judges.”
The Guardian, 8th December 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Government wants to increase the period police can detain terror suspects without charge to 42 days, Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said today.”
The Independent, 6th December 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“MPs will be given a vote on whether to trigger emergency powers that would allow terrorist suspects to be held beyond 28 days, under plans to be announced by the Home Secretary within days.”
The Times, 6th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Ward v Police Service of Northern Ireland [2007] UKHL 50
“On an application by the police for an extension of the period of detention of a person who was detained under the Terrorism Act 2000, the judge’s power under para 33(3) of Sch 8 to the Act to exclude the detainee and his legal representatives from any part of the hearing also included the power to refuse to disclose to them anything that took place during the period of their exclusion.”
WLR Daily, 21st November 2007
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note that once a case has been reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Ward v Police Service of Northern Ireland
House of Lords
“The power to exclude a detainee and his legal representatives from an application under the Terrorism Act 2000 to extend the period of detention, included the power not to inform them of anything that took place during their exclusion.”
The Times, 22nd November 2007
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Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
“The director of public prosecutions has blown a hole in the government’s plans to extend pre-charge detention for terror suspects, by questioning whether courts would allow the police to use the extra time. Sir Ken Macdonald told MPs that he was satisfied with the current 28-day limit, which ‘has suited us nicely’, and argued that the response to terrorism should be ‘proportionate and grounded’.”
The Guardian, 22nd November 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Gordon Brown’s controversial proposals to extend the time a terror suspect can be held before charge were condemned today by the former Attorney General.”
The Times, 21st November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“British lawyers have joined the call on the Canadian Government to intervene over Omar Khadr, the youngest detainee at Guantanamo Bay who has now spent a quarter of his life in captivity there.”
The Times, 19th November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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