Clarke looks to deport terror detainees
News Article 19 January 2005
The home secretary has revealed the government is seeking deals with North African countries to enable terrorist suspects held in Belmarsh prison to be deported.
Government to amend anti-terror laws
Press Review 17 January 2005
Ministers are preparing to announce anti-terror law reforms following a law lords ruling they are illegal.
Straw attacks law lords' terror ruling
News Article 17 December 2004
The law lords ruling that foreign detainees suspected of terror links were being held arbitrarily was "simply wrong", Jack Straw has said.
Law lords condemn terror measures
Press Review 17 December 2004
Charles Clarke suffered a massive setback on his first full day as home secretary on Thursday after the law lords dismantled the government's flagship anti-terror measures.
Brice Dickson - Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission
Interview 10 December 2004
Professor Brice Dickson, chief commissioner of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission, talks to ePolitix.com about human rights in Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK.
Rights watchdog attacks 'immoral' ministers
News Article 10 December 2004
An "immoral" government has undermined human rights in Northern Ireland and is threatening to do the same across the rest of the UK, an official watchdog has warned.
Blunkett outlines new anti-terror plans
News Article 21 November 2004
David Blunkett has indicated his backing for a raft of new measures to tackle the threat from international terrorism.
Law and order to dominate Queen's speech
Press Review 29 October 2004
Bills aimed at tackling crime and improving security are set to dominated the Queen's speech next month.
Kennedy warns of 'climate of fear'
News Article 25 October 2004
Charles Kennedy has warned that the government is exploiting a "climate of fear" to push through laws that reduce civil liberties.
Indefinite detention of terror suspects defended
Press Review 7 October 2004
Lord Goldsmith has defended the government's stance on the detention of terror suspects.
Ministers 'made mistake' over anti-terror laws
Press Review 6 October 2004
Law lords judging a challenge against the government's anti-terror laws yesterday heard that ministers had made a mistake in believing the decision to allow the detention without trial of foreign suspects did not contravene human rights legislation.
Law lords ponder terror case
Press Review 5 October 2004
A panel of nine law lords were told yesterday that the locking up of suspected foreign terrorists indefinitely without trial is “unacceptable” in a democracy.
Terror laws face legal challenge
News Article 4 October 2004
The law lords have begun hearing an appeal from nine terror suspects against their detention without trial under controversial government legislation.
Terror law changes delayed
Press Review 4 October 2004
A legal challenge to the home secretary's anti-terrorism powers, which begins in the House of Lords today, is reported to be behind a delay to their reform.
Legal challenge to Blunkett's detention powers
News Article 1 October 2004
The law lords will hear a legal challenge to David Blunkett's decision to indefinitely detain foreign terrorism suspects.
