Media snapshot on secret evidence
August 2010
Evening Standard
Film makers face jail over terror suspect on Newsnight: Martin Bentham
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23868937-film-makers-face-jail-over-terror-suspect-on-newsnight.do
The Morning Star
Anti-terror legislation ‘abuses human rights’: Paddy McGuffin
http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/index.php/news/content/view/full/94263
The Telegraph
Documentary-makers and ‘contempt of court’: David Gritten
July 2010
BBC
Security risk men can be deported: Steve Swann and Dominic Casciani
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-10799484
Abid Naseer held on US warrant
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10543048
June 2010
BBC
A man judged to be a threat to national security has decided to break his strict bail conditions so he can speak out about the difficulty of his life under virtual house arrest: Richard Watson, Newsnight
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/8743947.stm
Guardian
Secret evidence on terror suspects ruled illegal: Alan Travis
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/jun/10/secret-evidence-legal-status
May 2010
BBC
‘Al-Qaeda ringleader’ wins appeal against deportation
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8688501.stm
London Evening Standard
Guardian
An uncivilised society: Andy Worthington
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral/2010/may/20/rights-secret-evidence-control-orders/print”
Terror suspects cannot be deported because they would face torture or death if returned to Pakistan, court rules: Ian Cobain and Richard Norton-Taylor
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/may/18/pakistani-students-terror-suspects-deportation
Daily Mail
Judge rules terror pair ARE a threat to national security… but they CAN’T be deported because of human rights.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1279350/Al-Qaeda-operative-security-risk-deported-judge-rules.html
Daily Telegraph
Pakistani students arrested in terror raids win deportation battle
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/7735852/Pakistani-students-arrested-in-terror-raids-win-deportation-battle.html
Independent
‘Al-Qa’ida operative’ wins fight against deportation: Martha Linden, PA
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/alqaida-operative-wins-fight-against-deportation-1975872.html
London Evening Standard
Judge: Terror pair must not be deported from Britain… for their safety
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23835340-terror-pair-to-stay-in-britain-as-judge-vetoes-deportation-over-safety-risk.do
Manchester Evening News
Terror raids pair win deportation battle
http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/1240300_terror_raids_pair_win_deportation_battle
Morning Star
Testing times for a coalition over rights – Paul Donovan
http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/index.php/news/content/view/full/90562
New York Times
Ruling in Deportation Case Poses a Quandary for Britain: Daisuke Nakai
http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/18/ruling-in-deportation-case-poses-a-quandary-for-britain/?scp=1&sq=Abid%20Naseer&st=cse
Pakistan Times
Pakistani student wins deportation appeal in UK
http://www.pakistantimes.net/pt/detail.php?newsId=11279
The Times
‘Al-Qaeda bomb plotter’ can stay in Britain
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article7129649.ece
March 2010
BBC
Lawyers for Guantanamo six contest secret evidence plan
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8556350.stm
The Guardian
Government attempts to keep torture case secret: Afua Hirsch
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/mar/08/rendition-torture-case-secret
Committee urges ministers to abandon control orders: Andrew Sparrow
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/feb/26/ministers-urged-abandon-control-orders
The Daily Mail
Judge rules terror pair ARE a threat to national security… but they CAN’T be deported because of human rights:
Read more: http://www.dailym
The Morning Star
Time for a new and better crop: Paul Donovan
http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/index.php/news/content/view/full/88136
The Telegraph
Court of Appeal to hear Government’s battle to keep ‘torture’ evidence secret
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/7394511/Court-of-Appeal-to-hear-Governments-battle-to-keep-torture-evidence-secret.html
No court has power to allow secret evidence
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/7398717/No-court-has-power-to-allow-secret-evidence.html
The Times Onlline
Judges told they have no power to allow secret evidence in Guantanamo case: Frances Gibb, Legal Editor
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/article7054880.ece
February 2010
The Sun
Spies ‘spooked’ over torture revelations: Graeme Wilson, Deputy Political Editor
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2848898/Special-relationship-at-risk-over-torture-revelations.html
December 2009
BBC
Suspects win High Court case on secret evidence
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8388547.stm
The Guardian
High court judgment says suspects cannot be detained without being able to answer charges made against them: Haroon Siddique and Ian Cobain.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/dec/01/secret-evidence-trial-terrorism-government
The government’s policy of imprisoning terror suspects without charge or trial on the basis of secret evidence may now be over:Andy Worthington.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral/2009/dec/02/secret-evidence
The Times Onlline
Terror suspects cannot be held on ‘secret evidence’, High Court rules
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/article6940104.ece
Andy Worthington
Calling Time On The Use Of Secret Evidence In The UK
http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2009/12/10/calling-time-on-the-use-of-secret-evidence-in-the-uk/
July 2009
The Guardian
Personal testimonies of those detained under Britain’s secret evidence laws
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/series/slow-torture
The Independent
The secret trials that besmirch Britain’s immigration law: Paul Donovan.
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/paul-donovan-the-secret-trials-that-besmirch-britains-immigration-law-1762076.html
Holding suspects on secret evidence disgraces justice – letter from Paul Donovan.
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/letters/letters-immigration-and-justice-1734435.html
June 2009
The Guardian
CASE letter concerning the control order judgment on Thursday:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/jun/12/letters-secrecy-undermining-justice
Law Lords give ruling on secret evidence: Alan Travis
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/jun/10/secret-evidence-legal-status
The Independent
Law lords ban use of secret evidence: Michael Savage
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/law-lords-ban-use-of-secret-evidence-1702165.html
Institute of Race Relations
No To Secret Evidence: Frances Webber
http://www.irr.org.uk/2009/june/bw000029.html
The Wardman Wire
Diane Abbott podcast interview: Trials using Secret Evidence, By Charon QC
http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2009/06/25/dian-abbott-podcast-interview-trials-using-secret-evidence-by-charon-qc/
The Times Onlline
Secret evidence: Undermining the great traditions of British justice
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/article6465371.ece
Disarray over terror control orders after law lords ruling on secret evidence
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article6469431.ece
April 2009
The Independent
Deportees should have rights too: Paul Donovan
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/paul-donovan-deportees-should-have-rights-too-1674767.html
New Statesman
Out of control orders: Paul Donovan
http://www.newstatesman.com/society/2008/04/taleb-deportations-algeria
February 2009
Faraj Hassan came to the UK in 2002, fleeing persecution in his native Libya. He was arrested shortly thereafter and spent 15 months in detention without trial before being eventually charged under the Terrorism Act in 2003 and served with an Italian extradition warrant. Although the extradition order was ultimately suspended he continued to be detained for another four years on the basis of secret evidence in HMP Long Lartin, with the government seeking to deport him to Libya. Whilst his deportation was ruled unlawful, he is now subject to a control order in addition to a UN financial sanction which prevents him from obtaining any income.
Listen to Faraj speaking about his ordeal here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQHW8LQtzYY
March 2007
The Guardian
‘G’ recalls the last few years of detention and living under Control Orders and SIAC bail conditons.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2007/mar/28/immigration.immigrationandpublicservices
