Detainees and control orders
02-12-2009
The end of secret evidence?
The government's policy of imprisoning terror suspects without charge or trial on the basis of secret evidence may now be over. Andy Worthington, The Guardian
Yesterday, two high court judges effectively brought to an end the government's eight year-long policy of imprisoning terror suspects without charge or trial – depriving them of their liberty under a form of house arrest – on the basis of secret evidence.
See Judges rule against government over secret evidence in terror cases, 1 December 2009, The Guardian