Terror control orders breach human rights-law lords rule-Judgment in case of 3 men orders retrial

[kpete]

Source: Guardian UK


Terror control orders breach human rights, law lords rule

Judgment in case of three men orders retrial and says use of secret evidence denied them justice

The law lords have dealt a major blow to the government's controversial use of control orders on terror suspects, saying that reliance on secret evidence denies them a fair trial.

The nine-judge panel led by Lord Philips of Worth Matravers, the senior law lord, upheld a challenge on behalf of three men on control orders who cannot be named.

The orders have not been quashed but the law lords have ordered that the cases be heard again.

The three had argued that the refusal to disclose even the "gist" of the evidence against them denied them a fair trial under the Human Rights Act.


Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/jun/10/control-orders-breach-terror-suspects-rights/print

[thunder rising]

1. Trust me he's guilty, send him to prison. Didn't *we* revolt against that tyranny?

[pmorlan1]

2. Thanks for posting.

President Obama evidently likes monarchial powers.

[bemildred]

3. "It is one of the genuine marks of servitude to have the law either concealed or precarious."

Sir Edward Coke

[Eric J in MN]

4. If only Obama agreed.

The point of keeping the military commissions is to keep the accused in the dark about the evidence against them.

[DCKit]

5. D'oh.

chipping away.