Category: terrorism

R (Binyan Mohamed) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (2) – WLR Daily

Posted September 4th, 2008 in disclosure, law reports, public interest immunity, terrorism, torture by sally

R (Binyan Mohamed) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (2) [2008] EWHC 2100 (Admin); [2008] WLR (D) 300

“In performing the necessary balancing exercise in relation to public interest immunity and the exercise of the court’s discretion to order disclosure, it was incumbent on the court to have regard to the absence of a relevant consideration in the PII certificate and schedule, namely, in the light of the allegations made by the claimant, the abhorrence and condemnation accorded to torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, an issue which the court considered was not addressed either expressly or implicitly.”

WLR Daily, 2nd September 2008

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

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US to hand over papers supporting Binyam Mohamed’s torture claim – The Times

Posted September 1st, 2008 in disclosure, news, terrorism, torture by sally

“The United States has agreed to hand over evidence that may support a British resident’s claim that he was tortured into confessing that he was an al-Qaeda terrorist.”

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The Times, 30th August 2008

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R (Binyan Mohamed) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs – WLR Daily

Posted August 29th, 2008 in disclosure, law reports, terrorism, torture by sally

R (Binyan Mohamed) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs [2008] EWHC 2048 (Admin); [2008] WLR (D) 295

“The principles set out by the House of Lords in Norwich Pharmacal Co v Customs and Excise Commissioners [1974] AC 133 could be applied in novel circumstances to require the Foreign Secretary to disclose information, specific to the claimant and essential to his defence to serious charges which might carry the death penalty, in confidence to lawyers representing him in proceedings at Guantanamo Bay, given that the conduct of the security service of the United Kingdom had amounted to being involved in arguable wrongdoing by facilitating interviews of the claimant by or on behalf of the United States of America while the claimant had been held unlawfully in incommunicado detention and on his case had been subject to alleged torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment at the hands of the detaining authorities.”

WLR Daily, 22nd August 2008

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

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US warning to court in alleged torture case – The Guardian

Posted August 28th, 2008 in disclosure, news, terrorism, torture by sally

“The US state department yesterday warned that disclosure of secret information in the case of a British resident said to have been tortured before he was sent to Guantánamo Bay would cause ‘serious and lasting damage’ to security relations between the countries.”

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The Guardian, 28th August 2008

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Binyam Mohamed: Profile – The Guardian

Posted August 21st, 2008 in detention, disclosure, special report, terrorism by sally

“Binyam Mohamed, the last remaining Guantánamo Bay detainee with an automatic right to return to the UK, faces the death penalty after being charged with terrorism offences by the Pentagon.”

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The Guardian, 21st August 2008

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Guantánamo Bay detainee wins right to see ‘torture’ files – The Guardian

Posted August 21st, 2008 in detention, disclosure, news, terrorism, torture by sally

“A British resident being held in Guantánamo Bay today won his high court bid to force British security services to reveal secret information on him.”

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The Guardian, 21st August 2008

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MI5 report challenges views on terrorism in Britain – The Guardian

Posted August 21st, 2008 in news, terrorism by sally

“MI5 has concluded that there is no easy way to identify those who become involved in terrorism in Britain, according to a classified internal research document on radicalisation seen by the Guardian.”

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The Guardian, 20th August 2008

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Terrorist ‘Mr Fix-It’ convicted with two others of terrorism offences – Crown Prosecution Service

Posted August 21st, 2008 in news, terrorism by sally

“Aabid Khan was a terrorism facilitator with international connections and the leader of a cell which gathered a library of terrorism information helpful to those plotting attacks, said Karen Jones of the Crown Prosecution Service Counter Terrorism Division.”

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Crown Prosecution Service, 18th August 2008

Source: www.cps.gov.uk

Schoolboy extremist faces jail over terror training manuals – The Guardian

Posted August 19th, 2008 in news, terrorism by sally

“A schoolboy recruited into a cell engaged in a ‘worldwide conspiracy’ to kill non-Muslims yesterday became Britain’s youngest convicted terrorist.”

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The Guardian, 19th August 2008

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Radical Islamic cleric Abu Hamza has extradition to US postponed – Daily Telegraph

Posted August 5th, 2008 in extradition, news, terrorism by sally

“The British Government has been told to postpone extradition of Abu Hamza until a ruling on whether sending him to a maximum security US jail would breach his human rights.”

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Daily Telegraph, 5th August 2008

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Peers strike new blow against 42-day law – The Independent

Posted August 4th, 2008 in detention, news, terrorism by sally

“Proposed anti-terrorism laws to detain suspects for up to 42 days will be seriously undermined this week when senior peers condemn them as politicised and unconstitutional.”

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The Independent, 3rd August 2008

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MI5 misled MPs over Briton’s secret rendition, court told – The Guardian

Posted August 4th, 2008 in Diego Garcia, news, terrorism, torture by sally

“MI5 misled MPs about what it knew of the whereabouts of Binyam Mohamed, a British resident who says he was tortured before being secretly rendered to Guantánamo Bay, the high court was told yesterday.”

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The Guardian, 2nd August 2008

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

US ‘held suspects on British territory in 2006’ – The Guardian

Posted August 4th, 2008 in Diego Garcia, news, terrorism, torture by sally

“Terrorist suspects were held by the United States on the British territory of Diego Garcia as recently as 2006, according to senior intelligence sources. The claims, which undermine Foreign Office denials that the archipelago in the Indian Ocean has been used as a so-called ‘black site’ to facilitate extraordinary rendition, threaten to cause a diplomatic incident.”

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The Guardian, 3rd August 2008

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Abu Hamza loses extradition fight – BBC News

Posted July 23rd, 2008 in appeals, extradition, news, terrorism by sally

“Radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri has been refused leave to appeal to the House of Lords against his extradition to the US.”

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BBC News, 23rd July 2008

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Fertiliser bomb plotters lose appeal – The Independent

Posted July 23rd, 2008 in appeals, conspiracy, news, terrorism by sally

“Five men jailed for life for plotting a series of bomb attacks to rival the 9/11 New York atrocities lost challenges against their convictions today.”

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The Independent, 23rd July 2008

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Terror police detain disabled boy – BBC News

Posted July 23rd, 2008 in disabled persons, news, police, terrorism by sally

“A police officer has been transferred from duties at a Channel crossing after a disabled child and his parents were detained under the Terrorism Act.”

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BBC News, 22nd July 2008

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‘No decision’ on giant database – BBC News

Posted July 18th, 2008 in interception, internet, news, privacy, telecommunications, terrorism by sally

“No decision has been taken to create a huge database containing details of all phone calls, e-mails and internet use, security minister Lord West says.”

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BBC News, 17th July 2008

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Terrorism: Met ‘has not learned’ from Menezes death – The Guardian

Posted July 18th, 2008 in firearms, police, special report, terrorism by sally

“Scotland Yard still does not know the cause of catastrophic errors made three years ago by its officers which led to the killing of an innocent man who was mistaken for a terrorist, an official report reveals today.”

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The Guardian, 18th July 2008

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Chakrabarti attacks Asian MPs over support for 42-day detention – The Guardian

Posted July 17th, 2008 in detention, news, terrorism by sally

“Shami Chakrabarti has hit out at Sadiq Khan and eight other Asian Labour MPs over their decision to vote in favour of the government’s 42-day detention plan.”

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The Guardian, 16th July 2008

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Watchdog asked to investigate Pakistan torture allegation – The Guardian

Posted July 16th, 2008 in intelligence services, news, terrorism, torture by sally

“An official complaint alleging that British intelligence officers colluded in the torture of a British medical student who was detained in Pakistan after the July 2005 suicide attacks in London has been lodged with the tribunal that conducts investigations into MI5 and MI6.”

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The Guardian, 16th July 2008

Source: www.guardian.co.uk