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Detention without trial and control orders

One of the most contentious aspects of the Government’s “War on Terrorism” programme has been the ongoing legislation dealing with the detention of terrorist “suspects” where there is no criminal prosecution, but where the suspect is alleged to pose a terrorist threat. In these cases, suspects have been detained in prison, or subjected to intense restrictions on their liberty in the community, without ever having been charged with an offence, or given the opportunity to fully respond to the evidence that forms the basis of the allegations against them.

Indefinite detention under the 2001 Act

Control Orders under the 2005 Act