Judge quashes control order on terror suspects
Independent [UK]
04/04/07
The Government’s anti-terror legislation was dealt a blow yesterday when a judge ruled that restrictions controlling the movements of a man suspected of terrorism had unlawfully deprived him of his liberty. Mr Justice Beatson, sitting at the High Court in London, quashed a control order imposed by the Home Secretary, John Reid, on Mahmoud Abu Rideh, a Palestinian refugee. The Government said it would appeal against the ruling. Abu Rideh is the second terror suspect this year to win a court case against the Government’s anti-terrorism restrictions...
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/legal/article2422645.ece
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
04/04/07
The Government’s anti-terror legislation was dealt a blow yesterday when a judge ruled that restrictions controlling the movements of a man suspected of terrorism had unlawfully deprived him of his liberty. Mr Justice Beatson, sitting at the High Court in London, quashed a control order imposed by the Home Secretary, John Reid, on Mahmoud Abu Rideh, a Palestinian refugee. The Government said it would appeal against the ruling. Abu Rideh is the second terror suspect this year to win a court case against the Government’s anti-terrorism restrictions...
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/legal/article2422645.ece
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
rudkla - 5. Apr, 14:35
