United Kingdom: Control orders to replace detention without trial
On 26 January, the Government announced plans to replace administrative detention of foreign terror suspects with a regime of control orders. The orders would apply equally to UK and foreign citizens and range from restrictions of movement and communication to house...
Return to position of principle: time to repeal anti-terrorism law
The ICJ and JUSTICE, its British section, call for the repeal of the law that allows for indefinite administrative detention without trial.
Law Lords rule against 9-11 law – time for governments’ review of preventive detention
“Yesterday’s ruling of the Law Lords is a landmark for human rights and the rule of law”, says ICJ Secretary General, Nicholas Howen.
UK law lords rule against indefinite detention of foreign suspects
Indefinite detention of foreign suspects is disproportionate and discriminatory found the House of Lords on 16 December. The Lords were hearing a legal challenge against the detention, without trial, of 11 foreign nationals detained under the Anti-Terrorism Crime and...Recent News
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