Ruling expected on control orders – BBC News
“The Law Lords are set to rule on whether controversial counter-terrorism control orders breach human rights.”
BBC News, 31st October 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: terrorism
Only 1 in 400 anti-terror stop and searches leads to arrest – The Guardian
“Only one in every 400 stop and searches carried out under sweeping anti-terrorism laws leads to an arrest, official figures released yesterday reveal, triggering fresh pressure on the government and police over the controversial tactic.”
The Guardian, 31st Octoner 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Law lords to rule on Iraq detention – The Times
“Britain’s highest court will determine this week whether British and other armed forces in Iraq are entitled to detain terrorist suspects without trial in breach of their human rights.”
The Times, 29th October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
British citizen appeals against three-year detention in Iraq – The Guardian
“Lawyers for a British-Iraqi citizen who has been held in Iraq by British forces for three years on suspicion of terrorism will ask the House of Lords today to rule that his detention is unlawful and he should be returned to Britain. Hilal al-Jedda has been held since October 2004 without charge. Freedom from arbitrary arrest and detention is a ‘quintessentially British liberty,’ Lord Hoffmann, a law lord, declared in an earlier case.”
The Guardian, 29th October 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Raise detention limit, urges peer – BBC News
“There is a case for extending the 28-day limit on questioning suspected terrorists, the government’s terror legislation watchdog has said.”
BBC News, 28th October 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Detention more than 28 days is not internment, Smith tells MPs – The Guardian
“The home secretary, Jacqui Smith, yesterday admitted that there was ‘still some scepticism’ about extending detention without charge beyond its current 28 days among those who had responded to the government’s consultation.”
The Guardian, 23rd October 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Hoon calls for wide debate on terror detention limit – The Times
“There will have to be a ‘proper debate’ in the country and in the House of Commons before the 28-day detention limit for terrorist suspects could be extended, the Government said.”
The Times, 22nd October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
‘Terror camp plot’ trial begins – BBC News
“Five men have gone on trial accused of their part in a plot to create terrorist training camps in the UK.”
BBC News, 10th October 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Hold suspects for 50 days, says Sir Ian Blair – Daily Telegraph
“Police need at least 50 days to question some terrorist suspects before charging them, the country’s top officer has said.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th October 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Home Office: Cost of fighting terrorism triples to £3.5bn by 2010 – The Independent
“Fighting terrorism continues to be one of the fastest-growing items in the Government’s budget. By the end of this financial year, the whole cost of anti-terrorist initiatives, taking in everything from education programmes to undercover police work, will have risen to £2.5bn a year. By 2010-11, that figure will be up to £3.5bn – more than three times what it was at the start of the decade.”
The Independent, 10th October 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Impact of Terrorism on the Rule of Law – Speech by Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers
Impact of Terrorism on the Rule of Law (PDF)
Speech by Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
American Bar Association Conference, 3rd October 2007
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
Lord Chief Justice: fight terror by respecting human rights – The Times
“Britain’s most senior judge defended the Human Rights Act this morning as a key weapon in the fight against terrorism and called for the rights of the UK’s ‘millions of immigrants’ to be protected.”
The Times, 3rd October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Armed police who shot Menezes ‘were warned of lethal tactics’ – The Independent
“The armed police who shot Jean Charles de Menezes were briefed hours beforehand that they would be using ‘unusual’ lethal tactics and would only be deployed if officers on the ground believed they were dealing with a suicide bomber who was ‘deadly’ and ‘up for it’, the Old Bailey heard yesterday.”
The Independent, 3rd October 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Met’s Menezes trial due to start – BBC News
“The trial of the Metropolitan Police over the fatal shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes is due to begin.”
BBC News, 1st October 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
New anti-terror jail to replace Paddington Green station – The Guardian
“A new maximum security police station to hold up to 30 terrorism suspects ‘for protracted periods’ is being planned to replace the 1960s Paddington Green police station in London.”
The Guardian, 21st September 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
British intelligence accused of complicity in torture – The Guardian
“British intelligence and security officials were facing fresh questions about allegations of complicity in torture yesterday after a terrorism suspect appeared in court accused of plotting an al-Qaida attack.”
The Guardian, 20th September 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Eight Britons have control orders – BBC News
“More than half of terror suspects under house arrest-like conditions in the UK are now British, according to figures.”
BBC News, 17th September 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
John Reid calls for human rights law reform – Daily Telegraph
“A review of human rights laws in Britain and Europe has been demanded by John Reid amid fresh fears that they are hindering the fight against crime and terrorism.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th September 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Watchdog attacks Blair over Tube shooting – Daily Telegraph
“The country’s most senior policeman was lambasted for ‘a lack of an inquiring mind’ by members of his force’s watchdog yesterday over his actions following the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th September 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Terror law puts Britons at risk of surveillance by US agents – The Observer
“A new law swept through Congress by the US government before the summer recess is to give American security agencies unprecedented powers to spy on British citizens without a warrant.”
The Observer, 19th August 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
