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The ongoing Benbrika saga, which began with his much-publicised arrest in 2005, shows how the sweeping and unprecedented “counter-terrorism” laws imposed under the banner of the “war on terror” are being used to overturn basic legal and democratic rights.
A convicted terrorist is being kept in prison using orders that have been condemned in a Home Affairs inquiry. The department kept that report's findings secret — until now.
The national security watchdog argues laws that allow convicted terrorists to be held in prison after their sentence is over should be dumped.