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Eight terror detainees given bail
The last eight foreign terror suspects detained in UK jails without charge or trial have been granted bail. (BBC, 11 Mar 2005)
Vietnam fury at Agent Orange case
Vietnamese plaintiffs have condemned a US court's decision to dismiss their legal action against manufacturers of Agent Orange during the Vietnam War. (BBC, 11 Mar 2005)
Terror suspect freed from UK jail
A foreign terror suspect held in the UK without trial or charge since December 2001 has been freed from jail. (BBC, 1 Feb 2005)
Terror suspects face house arrest
Detention of foreign terror suspects without trial will be replaced with a range of new powers including house arrest, Charles Clarke has proposed. (BBC, 26 Jan 2005)
Lawyer resigns over terror laws
A senior barrister, given special security clearance to act for suspected terrorists, is to resign in protest at the government's anti-terror laws.
Ian MacDonald QC said he was stepping down after seven years "for reasons of conscience" because the "odious" laws were a "blot on the legal landscape". (BBC, 19 Dec 2004)
Who are held, and why?
Sixteen men, all of them Muslim, have been detained under the act and certified as a "suspected international terrorist" and another is detained under other powers. (Guardian, 17 Dec 2004)
'It calls into question the very existence of an ancient liberty of which this country is proud: freedom from arbitrary arrest and detention'?
How the law lords reached their conclusion in one of the most important cases of recent years. (Guardian, 17 Dec 2004)
Judges' verdict on terror laws provokes constitutional crisis
A scathing law lords judgment condemning the indefinite detention of foreign terror suspects as a threat to the life of the nation left anti-terrorist laws in tatters yesterday. (Guardian, 17 Dec 2004)
Detainee 'never quizzed in jail'
A terror suspect jailed without charge has revealed he was not questioned once during his 16 months in prison.
The 38-year-old Libyan, known only as M, was held under controversial anti-terrorism laws at the maximum security Belmarsh prison in south east London. (Ananova, 23 Apr 2004)
Prison demo over anti-terrorism law
Civil rights groups campaigning for the release of inmates held without trial under anti-terrorism laws were holding a demonstration at a prison. (Ananova, 4 Apr 2004)
Law lords to reappraise anti-terror rules
The whole legal basis under which 13 "suspected international terrorists" are being interned indefinitely in Britain without trial is to be reconsidered by the House of Lords, it was announced last night. (Guardian, 5 Aug 2003)
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