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Germany: 'belief test' for Muslim students
As university lecturers in the UK warn of the threat posed to academic freedom by government guidelines on dealing with extremism on campus, university lecturers and students in North-Rhine Westphalia are campaigning against the targeting of foreign students and academics from Muslim countries.
10 July 2008 (431 words)
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Former head of MI5 says 42-day detention 'unworkable'
Lady Manningham-Buller, ex head of MI5, has warned that plans to hold terror suspects for up to 42 days are not practical or principled.
9 July 2008 (external article)
independent Terror suspect released
A government mistake has provided personal information about a freed Algerian terrorist suspect to journalists, in spite of a court order banning its publication. He has been freed under very strict bail conditions.
4 July 2008 (external article)
this is local london De Menezes officers to remain unnamed
A judge has granted a request by 44 police officers to remain unnamed at the inquest into the death of Jean Charles de Menezes which is due to start on 22 September 2008.
3 July 2008 (external article)
bbc news Row over 42-day detention vote
A row has broken out over the parliamentary vote on the detention of terror suspects for 42-days. Keith Vaz MP, is alleged to have received a letter suggesting he would be 'appropriately rewarded' for his support.
3 July 2008 (external article)
bbc news Lawyer cleared of terror contempt
Aamer Anwar has been cleared of contempt of court after making comments at the end of a trial of a man for terrorist offences.
1 July 2008 (external article)
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Living under a control order
By IRR News Team
Below, we reproduce the speech made by Cerie Bullivant* on living under control orders at the launch of 'Captivated: Art of the Interned'.
26 June 2008 (1506 words)
Hunger strike - 'till death or deportation'
The organisation Cageprisoners is calling for urgent action for a stateless Palestinian refugee, Mahmoud Abu Rideh, who is in a critical condition in a London hospital after being on hunger strike for over thirty days.
19 June 2008 (573 words)
review
The beauty of the art of the interned
An astonishing exhibition was launched this week in central London of poetry, pottery, paintings, crafts, pictures, photographs, cartoons - all created by men detained under anti-terror laws in the UK.
19 June 2008 (370 words)
independent Abu Qatada released after six years in jail
Abu Qatada, the Islamist preacher who was jailed during a clampdown of terror suspects in 2002, has been released from prison and granted bail under the terms of a strict 22-hour curfew.
18 June 2008 (external article)
bbc news Terrorism conviction overturned
Samina Malik, 24, known as the 'lyrical terrorist' has won her appeal against her conviction under the s58 Terrorism Act for collecting information likely to be used to those preparing a terrorist act.
18 June 2008 (external article)
bbc news Racist planned bombing campaign
A Leeds court has been told that Martyn Gilleard, 31, planned a nail bombing campaign to save Britain from the 'multiracial peril'.
17 June 2008 (external article)
bbc news 15 under control orders
The Home Office has revealed that 15 people are currently living under control orders; with six new orders issued in the last six months.
12 June 2008 (external article)
independent Government 'wins' first vote on 42-day detention
The government won a crucial House of Commons vote on the proposed detention of terror suspects for 42 days, relying on the votes of Democratic Unionist Party MPs.
12 June 2008 (external article)
guardian 42-day detention: PM urges MPs to back him
Gordon Brown urges MPs to back 42-day detention without charge for terrorism suspects ahead of a crucial commons vote.
11 June 2008 (external article)
guardian Muslim student detained under the current terrorist legislation
A 23-year-old master's student speaks of his experience after being arrested under the Terrorism Act and segregated in prison for a week.
11 June 2008 (external article)
wales on sunday Iraqi asylum seekers arrested for making video
Two Iraqi asylum seekers, making a video of themselves in a Cardiff Park, were arrested under anti-terror laws and held for nearly two days before being released without charge.
10 June 2008 (external article)
bbc news Committee says 42 days unnecessary
A joint select committee has found that proposals to extend pre-charge detention of terrorist suspects to 42 days is 'wholly unnecessary'.
15 May 2008 (external article)
bbc news Car bomber brother back in India
The brother of a man who died in a car bomb attack on Glasgow Airport has been deported to India. He was given an 18-month sentence for withholding information about the attack, but was freed for deportation due to time served on remand.
8 May 2008 (external article)
bbc news Judges out in terror contempt case
Three judges at the High Court in Edinburgh have begun deliberating their decision as to whether solicitor Aamer Anwar is guilty of contempt of court following comments he made after the conviction of one of his clients on terrorist offences.
1 May 2008 (external article)
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