Such appeals have included the legality of
detaining terror suspects without trial, whether the deaths of six Iraqis at the hands of British soldiers was covered by the Human Rights Act, and the extradition of General Pinochet».
Police can continue
detaining terror suspects for up to 28 days without bringing charges, after MPs renewed the power last night.
Some aspects of the government's control orders
detaining terror suspects do breach human rights, the Law Lords ruled today.
Liz Cheney's group Keep America Safe, which has led the resurgent Republican attacks on President Obama's national security policies, is releasing a video this morning that questions the loyalties of Justice Department lawyers who advocated for
detained terror suspects during the Bush Administration.
Not exact matches
The former attorney general today told MPs he was «not persuaded» of the need to extend the period
terror suspects can be
detained without charge beyond its current 28 - day limit.
It is worth remembering that control orders were introduced primarily for foreign
terror suspects that could not be deported (specifically those
detained without trial at Belmarsh prison).
People
suspected of being Tories being
detained under the
terror act?
But Haspel's nomination was contentious because of her role in a former CIA program to brutally
detain and interrogate
terror suspects at covert sites abroad following 9/11.
As such it is debatable that an extension to the time
terror suspects can be
detained without trial is actually needed.
The committee found that seven of the current 15
terror suspects had been on control orders for more than two years, and two were thought to have been
detained without trial before that.