Johina Aamer, 2nd right, daughter of United Kingdom resident Shaker Aamer held in Guantanamo detention camp by the United States authorities, is accompanied by activists including British outside British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's official residence in central London.JerusalemPost.com
Two terror suspects won the right Monday to seek compensation from the British government over the restrictions imposed upon their activities since 2006
The High Court ruling delivered another blow to Britain's system of so-called "control orders," which officials say is necessary to keep tabs on terror suspects who can't be brought to trial without revealing sensitive intelligence information.
The system allows Britain's Home Office to ask a court to curtail suspects' movements, ban them from foreign travel, restrict their Internet access and forbid them from associating with certain people. At least 45 people have been subjected to such orders, according to the latest count. Twelve people, including nine Britons, remain under the regime.
The two suspects whose case was decided Monday cannot be named for legal reasons.
One of the two, a Libyan-British dual national identified only as A.F., was subjected to a control order because of alleged links with Islamic terrorists. He had to wear an electronic tag, stay in his house for 18 hours a day, and could not work without express permission from the government.
The other man, identified only as A.E., has been described in previous rulings as an imam to the Iraqi community in an unnamed town in northern England. Britain's security service said there was evidence he had taken part in terrorist activities.
Both had their control orders lifted in September after Britain's highest court ruled that the government could no longer withhold evidence from the pair. Britain's government said it lifted the restrictions rather than expose the sources of its intelligence.
Justice Stephen Silber said Monday that while the men were free to seek redress for their time spent under the control orders, he warned them that they would not necessarily succeed in their quest forcompensation, adding that it was unlikely to be very substantial in any case.
A.E.'s lawyer Mohammed Ayub called the ruling was "a victory for common sense and decency." The government said it would appeal.
Note: It is well understood that Islamists know how to use the "system" and the courts in countries where they practice and support their extremists views and terrorism; they have used the U.K's system, just as the terrorists in Gitmo will use America's system! BeeSting
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