United Kingdom: Two terrorism suspects win appeal against deportation to Libya
On 27 April, the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) blocked the deportation of two Libyans after concluding that the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by the UK Government with Libya and other assurances against torture given by Libya did not offer...
“The widening gyre: counter-terrorism, human rights and the Rule of Law” – a lecture by Justice Chaskalson
Text of a lecture given by Justice Arthur Chaskalson, President of the International Commission of Jurists and Chair of the Eminent Jurists Panel at the Faculty of Law in Cambridge on Friday 11 May 2007, as the Seventh Sir David Williams Lecture.
The lecture was entitled: “The Widening Gyre: Counter-Terrorism, Human Rights and the Rule of Law”.
widening gyre-events-2007 (full text, PDF)
United Kingdom: Police Commission releases report on anti-terrorism raid in June 2006
On 13 February, the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) released a report on its inquiry into claims of assault, unlawful arrest and detention in the anti-terrorism operation in East London in June 2006. The IPCC concluded that Scotland Yard should...United Kingdom: Court rejects “freedom fighters” defence
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