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Gaza Protesters Defence Campaign launched
By Harmit Athwal
A defence campaign is being mounted against the lengthy sentences handed to young Muslims who protested a year ago about Israel's brutal invasion of Gaza.
12 March 2010 (1280 words)
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Five years of control orders
By Frances Webber
Frances Webber, human rights lawyer, examines Lord Carliles' report on five years operation of the Prevention of Terrorism Act.
18 February 2010 (2947 words)
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Body scanners could be illegal
The Equality and Human Rights Commission has raised concerns with the government over its planned introduction of body scanners the use of which could be discriminatory and breach passengers' rights to privacy.
16 February 2010 (external article)
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Seven paragraphs which tell a sorry tale
By Frances Webber
The story of the seven paragraphs reveals just how far the 'war on terror' has corrupted and distorted ministers' perception of the public interest.
11 February 2010 (1118 words)
Section 44 stop and search ruled illegal
A recent landmark ruling at the European Court of Human Rights found that stop-and-search powers under the Terrorism Act 2000 were illegal.
11 February 2010 (485 words)
scotsman Terror laws in doubt as student is freed
Britain's terror laws have once again been thrown into question after Scottish student Mohammed Atif Siddique was freed from his prison sentence after judges quashed his main conviction and said he had suffered a 'miscarriage of justice'.
10 February 2010 (external article)
bbc news Terror asset ruling comes into effect
A recent Supreme Court ruling which quashed asset-freezing orders against five terrorist suspects has come into force despite the Court initially suspending its judgement to allow the government to change the law.
5 February 2010 (external article)
bbc news Muslim student societies under police scrutiny
Special Branch officers have been deployed in some universities that have been deemed by the government to be at a greater risk of Islamic radicalisation.
4 February 2010 (external article)
scotsman Terrorism conviction overturned
Mohammed Atif Siddique, 24, who was convicted in October 2007 of two charges under the Terrorism Act, has had the convictions overturned after appeal judges ruled that the jury had been misdirected.
1 February 2010 (external article)
Compensation for some, deportation for others?
The High Court's acknowledgement that control orders based on secret evidence are unlawful, and the possibility of compensation for those affected, doesn't help those facing deportation on the basis of secret evidence.
21 January 2010 (790 words)
guardian UK to introduce 'no-fly' list and full-body scanners
Gordon Brown has said that a new no-fly list, which will include those who are deemed to be immigration visa overstayers and who will be subjected to enhanced screening, will be introduced. Full-body scanners at airports will come into use next week.
21 January 2010 (external article)
guardian Judge rules compensation can be paid to terror suspects
A high court ruling, in which the control orders against two terror suspects, known only as AE and EF, have been quashed after a 'secret evidence' legal battle, has cleared the way for the two suspects to claim damages against the home secretary.
19 January 2010 (external article)
bbc news Welsh man admits making explosives
Darren Tinklin, 24, a former member of a far-right organisation, has admitted using his home in Blackwood in Caerphilly to make explosives. A charge of possessing a document for terrorism purposes was dropped.
14 January 2010 (external article)
bbc news Stop-and-search use ruled illegal
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that the government's powers under the Terrorism Act to stop and search people without grounds for suspicion are illegal.
12 January 2010 (external article)
guardian Racial or religious groups could be profiled
It has been revealed that the government could allow hi-tech security searches at British airports which focus on people who fit a particular profile, prompting fears that particular racial and religious groups will face increased scrutiny.
5 January 2010 (external article)
bbc news Terrorism Act charges against man
A 58-year-old man from Wales is to appear in court charged with soliciting murder, offences under the Terrorism Act and using threatening, abusive or insulting words likely to stir up racial hatred.
16 December 2009 (external article)
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Lord Carlile criticises police procedures
By Saleh Mamon
Saleh Mamon, a member of the Campaign Against Criminalising Communities (CAMPACC), assesses a recent report on the arrest of twelve Asian students on suspicion of terrorism.
16 December 2009 (1067 words)
bbc news Terror suspects win landmark secret evidence case
Two men accused of terrorist-related activities, a Pakistani student and an Algerian national, have won a landmark High Court battle against government use of secret evidence to deny them bail.
3 December 2009 (external article)
guardian Counter-terror police 'failed to seek legal advice'
Counter-terrorism police have been criticised by the independent reviewer of terrorism for a total failure to take legal advice in advance of their arrest of twelve men, all but one of Pakistani nationality, in the North West earlier this year.
26 November 2009 (external article)
guardian Secret files show UK courts were misled over 9/11 suspect
The government is shortly expected to reveal whether it will accept responsibility for the miscarriage of justice which saw innocent Algerian pilot Lotfi Raissi jailed for five months after being falsely accused of involvement in the 9/11 attacks.
24 November 2009 (external article)
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