'Anti-terror' detainee to go free - Democratic Underground

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Mon Sep-20-04 10:05 AM
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'Anti-terror' detainee to go free

BBC news snip

A foreign national held under the government's emergency anti-terrorism powers since December 2001 is to be released. Home Secretary David Blunkett said the weight of evidence no longer justified detaining the Algerian, known as "D".

He was among the first eight foreign nationals to be held without charge or trial under emergency powers introduced after the September 11 attacks.

The man had been in a high-security jail since December 17, 2001.

"D" was held under a certificate issued by Mr Blunkett under the Anti-terrorism Crime and Security Act and lost a landmark appeal against his imprisonment in October 2003.
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