“Three of the July 21 failed suicide bombers are using the European Court of Human Rights to try and overturn their convictions, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th June 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
” Abu Qatada will remain in Britain for at least another five months while he launches a further appeal against deportation, but he will spend it behind bars, a court ruled yesterday.”
The Independent, 29th May 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A court action brought by a Pakistani student whose father was killed in a suspected US missile strike last year could force Britain to reveal whether it gives America intelligence for drone attacks on terrorist suspects.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th May 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The home secretary, Theresa May, has quietly taken powers to strip Scotland Yard of its national counter-terrorism role in the aftermath of the Olympics.”
The Guardian, 18th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Next month Ben Emmerson QC, who is short-listed as a candidate to represent the UK at the ECHR, will address the UN to argue that more attention should be paid to the human rights of victims of terrorism. Peter Stanford meets him.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th May 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A perfume salesman who painted burqas on scantily clad women on advertising posters and stuck ‘gay-free zone’ posters on London’s Brick Lane was today jailed for 14 months for possessing terrorist literature.”
Daily Telegraph, 11th May 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The home secretary, Theresa May, is to make a renewed attempt to deport Abu Qatada after judges at the European court of human rights rejected his appeal to the Strasbourg court.”
The Guardian, 9th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The rapidly changing nature of internet-based communications has left the security agencies and the police unable to legally track the online activities of terrorists and serious criminals in 25% of cases, the Home Office says.”
The Guardian, 8th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An alleged Basque militant has lost his High Court bid to halt his extradition to Spain on terror-related charges.”
BBC News, 4th May 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“European human rights judges will decide next Wednesday whether Abu Qatada’s appeal against his deportation from Britain should be allowed to go ahead.”
The Guardian, 2nd May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An east London resident wants to take legal action after his apartment complex was earmarked for the use of surface-to-air missiles during the Olympics.”
BBC News, 1st May 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg is often accused of getting it wrong and recently it seems hardly a day goes by without its decisions being maligned. However, politicians and commentators on all sides of the political spectrum have welcomed the court’s ruling in the case of Abu Hamza and others, which also included Babar Ahmad.”
Hardwicke Chambers, 24th April 2012
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
“If Strasbourg turns him down, the cleric could be deported more quickly than if he’d gone to the English appeal courts.”
The Guardian, 19th April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The deportation of Abu Qatada descended into farce after a potential blunder by the Home Office allowed his lawyers to lodge a last-minute appeal which could extend his stay in Britain and derail attempts to remove him from the country.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th April 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“More than 150 criminals, potentially including terrorists, have been secretly given immunity from prosecution or discounted sentences for becoming supergrasses.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th April 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The home secretary has ordered that the radical Islamist cleric Abu Qatada be deported to Jordan at the end of the month.”
The Guardian, 17th April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Government has opened an ex gratia scheme to make payments to victims of terrorism who were injured in incidents outside the UK on or after 1 January 2002 and who continue to have an ongoing disability as a direct result of the injuries they sustained. From Monday 16 April 2012 victims will be able to apply for a payment under this scheme.”
Ministry of Justice, 16th April 2012
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
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