Britain's Highest Court Overturns Anti-Terrorism Law
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Britain's highest court ruled today that the British government cannot indefinitely detain foreigners suspected of terrorism.
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Britain's highest court ruled on  Thursday against the detention of foreign terrorism suspects  without trial, in a major judgment on how far human rights can  be restricted in the "war on terror."
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The UK government&#39;s indefinite detention of foreign terrorist suspects without trial breaches European human rights laws, the country&#39;s top court ruled, dealing a blow to the government&#39;s security policy.
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More lawyers may follow the lead of a top QC who has resigned following the Law Lordsâ damning verdict on the Governmentâs anti-terror laws, a civil rights group claimed today.
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Lawyers representing suspects detained under Britain's anti-terrorism law are to resign in protest against the legislation, a few days after Britain's highest court described the law as illegal, newspapers reported.
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Britain's government suffered a major blow to its security policy as the country's highest court of appeal ruled that the indefinite detention without trial of foreign terrorism suspects was illegal.
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Britain is to end a policy of jailing foreign terrorism suspects indefinitely without trial following a landmark legal ruling which declared that it contravened human rights law, the government announced.
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LONDON -- Britain&#39;s highest court harshly condemned yesterday one of the most hotly disputed elements of the country&#39;s anti-terrorist strategy -- a law allowing some foreign suspects to be locked up indefinitely with no charge.
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BRITAIN&#39;s highest court has ruled today that the UK Government cannot detain terror suspects indefinitely without trial. Nine judges in the House of Lords ruled in favour of a group of men jailed without charge for up to three years.
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London: Britain is considering sweeping new anti-terrorism laws including special courts to try terror suspects without a jury, Home Secretary David Blunkett said in an interview Sunday.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair&#39;s security strategy, a central plank in his re-election bid, looked in trouble today after a landmark legal ruling against a vital part of his anti-terror policy.
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Canada's Supreme Court on Friday struck down a controversial anti-terror law which allows foreign suspects to be detained indefinitely on the basis of secret evidence.
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The detention of foreign terrorist suspects without trial breaks human rights laws, the UK's highest court rules.
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Britain&#39;s top court delivered a severe jolt to Prime Minister Tony Blair&#39;s post-Sept. 11 security policies on Thursday by ruling against the detention of foreign terrorism suspects without trial.
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Nine law lords have ruled that legislation allowing foreign nationals suspected of terrorism to be locked up indefinitely and without trial, contravenes human rights laws.
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Government powers enabling foreigners to be detained without limit under emergency anti-terror laws threaten the values they were designed to protect, the law lords were told today.
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OTTAWA --Canada's top court struck down the country's most contentious anti terrorism provisions yesterday, declaring it unconstitutional to detain foreign terror suspects indefinitely while the courts review their deportation orders.