* The Anti-terrorism Crime and Security Act 2001 was rushed through parliament after the 9/11 attacks in the USA. Part IV of the Act allowed for the detention, without charge or trial, of foreign nationals suspected of involvement in terrorism.
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* For three years, a group of men were detained in high security prisons and mental health institutions without knowing the suspicions that kept them there. They were appointed special security-cleared lawyers that had access to the information held about them, but not to the men themselves.
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* They were allowed their own lawyers, but these lawyers were not allowed to see the material about their clients.
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* This Kafka-eque situation was brought to an end after the Law Lords condemned the use of part IV in their judgment in December 2004. The Government's response was the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005. When this was past, the detained men were issued with control orders.
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* Liberty campaigned against the detention powers, and against their replacement with powers including house arrest. We believe that suspects should know any evidence against them, stand trial and, if found guilty, imprisoned.
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Source: Liberty
2 comments:
this is sad!
the saddest thing is that this is happening to so many people and most people do not even realise and it is not because they do not care but due to the media bias such thing are not shown, hence leaving people in the dark to the real/true effect the so called 'war on terror' has and continues to have on these brothers and their families.
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