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Terrorism control order regime abolished from midnight
The control order system restricting the freedom of terrorism suspects is being abolished from midnight and replaced by new measures called T-Pims.
25 January 2012 (external article)
bbc news Abu Qatada wins appeal against deportation
Muslim cleric Abu Qatada has won the right not to be deported to Jordan. The European Court of Human Rights decided that Abu Qatada would face the possibility of torture upon return.
17 January 2012 (external article)
guardian BBC allowed to interview Babar Ahmed
The BBC has won a case in the High Court after it was refused permission by the Ministry of Justice to interview Babar Ahmed, who has been detained without trial for seven years. The ban was described as an 'interference with freedom of expression'.
12 January 2012 (external article)
Protests over Ali Aarrass conviction
Campaigners in London are protesting a conviction based on torture evidence.
1 December 2011 (286 words)
guardian Government offers to fly UKBA staff home to work through strike
UK Border Agency staff in embassies across the world are being offered taxpayer-funded flights to Britain if they are willing to work at ports and airports in next week's strike against public sector pension reform.
23 November 2011 (external article)
Collective punishment of families
Local authority and police decisions to seize the homes of family members of those charged in connection with the riots or convicted of terrorist offences punish whole families for one member's wrongdoing.
10 November 2011 (1201 words)
guardian Secret court hearings and private inquests proposed
In new proposals the government is advocating that intelligence gathered by MI5 and MI6 could be discussed in secret courts with information only seen by 'special advocates' who have been security vetted and approved by the government.
20 October 2011 (external article)
bbc news Decrease in use of terrorism stop-and-search powers
Following a European Court of Human Rights ruling the Terrorism Act powers have been curtailed resulting in the number of stop and searches carried out under the Act falling by 91 per cent.
13 October 2011 (external article)
guardian Police payout for stop and search
The police have apologised and paid £20,000 compensation to an Asian student who was stopped and searched.
15 September 2011 (external article)
bbc news Additional powers granted to control terror suspects
Ministers have published a draft bill to allow emergency measures to relocate terror suspects in 'exceptional circumstances'. The measures are for use against suspects who have not been charged with any offence.
6 September 2011 (external article)
guardian University staff asked to inform on Muslim students
University staff members have been asked to inform on Muslim students who appear depressed or isolated as part of the government's reworked Prevent strategy.
31 August 2011 (external article)
bbc news Long Lartin unit for terror suspects criticised
The chief inspector of prisons has found that the unit at Long Lartin needed a better balance between security and humane care as the unit holds seven men suspected but not convicted of terrorism.
18 August 2011 (external article)
guardian Calls to boycott inquiry into British torture and rendition
Lawyers and human rights groups are to boycott the inquiry into the UK's alleged role in torture and rendition due to its apparent lack of credibility and transparency, and that its arrangements are 'secretive, unfair and deeply flawed'.
4 August 2011 (external article)
review
Caged gems
Haunting poetry written from prison by Talha Ahsan deserves to be widely read.
3 August 2011 (649 words)
Breivik and Eurabia
Hours before he set out on his murderous spree, Anders Behring Breivik - the man who shot dead 68 young Socialists at a youth camp on Utoeya island after mounting a bomb attack on the centre of Oslo - placed a PDF of his 1,500 page political manifesto online.
28 July 2011 (414 words)
Belgian prison teacher vindicated
A Belgian prison teacher has won a two year battle against a work ban on security grounds.
14 July 2011 (319 words)
comment
Still spooked
By Arun Kundnani
Greater emphasis on the Channel project in the revised Prevent strategy gives much cause for concern.
7 July 2011 (1277 words)
Statewatching Europe
Next weekend, Statewatch, the renowned organisation that examines civil liberties and the state across Europe will be holding its twentieth anniversary conference.
16 June 2011 (193 words)
observer Students spied upon as potential extremists
A website, Unileaks, has published over 200 documents which show how students at Nottingham University were spied upon by security staff who kept logs of student activities and demonstrations.
13 June 2011 (external article)
wandsworth guardian No misconduct hearing for Babar Ahmad police officers
The Met police have announced that the four police officers accused of assaulting Babar Ahmad will not face a misconduct hearing.
13 June 2011 (external article)
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