Sabir on Security Control Orders: out of control, out of order
This week’s column has been what’s commonly referred to as a ‘slow burner’ but, I hope, for good reason. A few weeks ago, Professor Anthony Glees, a terrorism expert based at Buckingham University, myself and the Guardian’s Afua Hirsch took part in a debate on control orders on Channel 4′s flagship ‘10 O’clock live’ show, and although I felt it necessary to counter the “arguments” that were made by Pr Glees, I didn’t want to rush into a precipitated, hasty re-joinder.
Control Orders and Secret Evidence
While secret evidence and Special Advocate procedures vary, they tend to have the same basic underlying features.
Norway suspect pleads not guilty in country's first terror financing trial
A Somalia native pleaded not guilty Tuesday in an Oslo District Court at Norway's first trial under its 2002 terror financing law.
A supporter encourages Omar Khadr to fight for his justice
I am following Omar Khadr's case closely on the internet and in reading about the latest developments in his case,
Federal judge orders release of Guantanamo detainee for lack of evidence
The US District Court for the District of Columbia on Monday released a partially redacted opinion ordering the release of Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainee Adnan Farhan Abdul Latif for lack of evidence.
Pakistan arrests 5 N.Va. men, probes possible jihadist ties
Interview with Tina Foster on the Yemeni issue in Guantanamo Bay
UK government to overhaul interrogation policy
The British government indicated Monday that it will issue a new set of regulations regarding the use of information obtained via torture.
Events
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My Name is Ahsan – Public Meeting on Unjust Extradition of British Citizens to the US
Syed Talha Ahsan is the little-known co-defendant of Babar Ahmad. Ahsan has been diagnosed with…
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Syria's Zero Hour
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CASABLANCA PRISONERS 9 YEARS ON
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Glasgow: Guantanamo Remembered - 10 years
Cageprisoners comes to Al- Furqan…
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Guantánamo leaks lift lid on world's most controversial prison
• Innocent people interrogated for years on slimmest pretexts• Children, elderly and mentally ill among those wrongfully held• 172 prisoners remain, some…
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Casablanca bombings, the day after
Nine years after Morocco experienced the deadliest attacks in its recent…
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Abu Zubaydah, the man justice has forgotten
Arrested in 2002 and tortured repeatedly, he was never charged, and the…
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Angola 3: A lesson for Muslim causes
April 17th marked 40 years – over 14,600 days - that Herman Wallace…
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War on Freedom
It’s clear what’s happened to Muslims in the West – they’re the new enemies of the state.
Written by Aviva Stahl
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Close Guantanamo Bay Prison
Since the war on terror began in 2001, 700+ people have been…
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The Afghan Connection: the War on Terror an opiate cash cow
Afghanistan is the world's leading supplier of illegal opiates, trafficked as opium,…

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