‘Torture’ man wins appeal right – BBC News
“A Briton who says he was tortured in Pakistan with the complicity of UK security services has won the right to appeal against his terror convictions.”
BBC News, 30th June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: terrorism
David Cameron agrees terms of UK torture inquiry – The Guardian
“David Cameron and the foreign secretary, William Hague, are understood to have agreed the terms of a judge-led inquiry into claims that British security services were complicit in torture of terrorism suspects.”
The Guardian, 29th June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Government urged to publish ‘terror guidelines’ – BBC News
“The government is facing growing demands to publish guidance given to UK intelligence officers interrogating terrorist suspects overseas.”
BBC News, 29th June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Civil liberties row sparked by tough parole controls on terrorism act offenders – The Observer
“A major civil liberties row is threatening to erupt over the ‘unprecedented’ parole conditions imposed on members of Islamist groups now being released from prison having completed their sentences for terrorist offences.”
The Observer, 27th June 2010
Source: http://observer.guardian.co.uk/
Theresa May averts fight over 28-day detention with call for renewal – The Guardian
“Theresa May, the home secretary, today sidestepped an early confrontation with Liberal Democrat and Tory backbenchers by telling MPs that the measure allowing terror suspects to be held for 28 days before charge should be temporarily renewed for six months.”
The Guardian, 24th June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Neo-Nazis convicted of race hate charges – The Independent
“Two ‘proud neo-Nazis’ who posted abusive messages on the internet about Jews and other ethnic minorities were convicted of inciting racial hatred today.”
The Independent, 24th June 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Man in Blair and Brown murder threat jailed – BBC News
“A man who urged Muslims to assassinate Tony Blair and Gordon Brown has been jailed for five years.”
BBC News, 24th June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Rangzieb Ahmed to appeal terrorism conviction – The Guardian
“Media organisations want appeal of Manchester man, who complained that MI5 was complicit in his torture in Pakistan, to be heard in open court.”
The Guardian, 24th June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Secretary of State for the Home Department v AP (No 2) – WLR Daily
Secretary of State for the Home Department v AP (No 2) [2010] UKSC 26; [2010] WLR (D) 154
“The public interest in publishing a full report of control order proceedings, identifying the suspected terrorist involved, had to give way to the need to protect the suspected terrorist from the risk of violence in circumstances where he was required to live in a town in which there were considerable community tensions and racist attacks on members of the Muslim community had taken place.”
WLR Daily, 23rd June 2010
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.
Home secretary Theresa May bans radical preacher Zakir Naik from entering UK – Daily Telegraph
“A radical preacher who claimed that ‘every Muslim should be a terrorist’ has been banned from coming to Britain, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th June 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Bank Mellat v HM Treasury – WLR Daily
Bank Mellat v HM Treasury [2010] EWHC 1332 (QB); [2010] WLR (D) 148
“The powers conferred on HM Treasury by Sch 7 to the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 to give directions by order to persons operating in the United Kingdom financial sector could be lawfully exercised without allowing persons likely to be adversely affected by the order an opportunity to make prior representations; and the test of proportionality applied by para 9(6) of Sch 7 to the requirements imposed by such a direction was to be interpreted consistently with the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights, according to which the means used did not always have to be limited to the minimum necessary to accomplish the legislative objective.”
WLR Daily, 15th June 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note that once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Human Rights Act helps fight terrorism says head of Supreme Court – The Guardian
“The head of Britain’s highest court defends the Human Rights Act and responds to accusations that the act is hampering the fight against terrorism.”
The Guardian, 10th June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Thousands of anti-terror searches were illegal – BBC News
“Thousands of people across the UK might have been stopped and searched illegally, figures released by the Home Office suggest.”
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BBC News, 10th June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
The Second James MacKeith Lecture: Torture old and new – The Guardian
“Read in full Justice Arthur Chaskalson’s lecture on the accountability of professionals for torture in the war against terror.”
The Guardian, 25th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Councils using anti-terror laws to spy on dog walkers – Daily Telegraph
“Councils spied on dog walkers suspected of not clearing up after their pets in a string of abuses of their covert surveillance rights, a report published today said.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th May 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Control orders: A battleground between liberty and security in the spotlight – The Guardian
“The Lib Dems abhor them but the coalition has already used the controversial anti-terror measures.”
The Guardian, 23rd May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
SIAC: striking the balance between national security and human rights – The Guardian
“Analysis of the court ruling yesterday on deporting suspected terrorists on the basis of confidential assurances because they would face torture or death.”
The Guardian, 19th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Pakistani students arrested in terror raids win deportation battle – Daily Telegraph
“Two men who were arrested in major counter-terrorism raids but never charged today won their appeals against deportation.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th May 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Manchester and Liverpool ‘terror’ students decision day – BBC News
“Five Pakistani students who were accused of planning a bomb attack will hear if they have won appeals against deportation from the UK.”
BBC News, 18th May 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
White supremacist jailed over chemical weapon – The Independent
“A white supremacist who became the first person to be sentenced for producing a chemical weapon was jailed for 10 years today.”
The Independent, 14th May 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
