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Second terror suspect wins bail | Second terror suspect wins bail |
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A tribunal has ruled a second counter-terrorism detainee, known only as "OO", should be released. | A tribunal has ruled a second counter-terrorism detainee, known only as "OO", should be released. |
The wheelchair-using detainee is the second Jordanian national to have won a bail application after the courts said deportation could lead to torture. | The wheelchair-using detainee is the second Jordanian national to have won a bail application after the courts said deportation could lead to torture. |
On Thursday the Special Immigration Appeals Commission agreed to bail Abu Qatada, described previously as Osama bin Laden's ambassador in Europe. | On Thursday the Special Immigration Appeals Commission agreed to bail Abu Qatada, described previously as Osama bin Laden's ambassador in Europe. |
Both men are still in jail while strict bail conditions are thrashed out. | Both men are still in jail while strict bail conditions are thrashed out. |
The eventual conditions for both men are expected to amount to house arrest including a possible 22-hour curfew, restrictions on visitors and communications and even places of worship. Similar conditions are imposed on terrorism suspects who are on control orders. | |
Detainee OO is an imam who first came to the UK in the 1990s. His wife and their large family have all since become British citizens.OO: Held in Belmarsh - but health declined | |
He was accused of being a member of a group using the name Jama'at al-Muslimeen. This group was allegedly linked to extremist activity in the UK and overseas. | |
Police arrested OO in January 2006 when the home secretary launched a bid to deport him, during which he was held at maximum security Belmarsh Prison. | |
His family say that since then his poor state of health, allegedly partly the result of torture in Jordan, has deteriorated since he has been in prison. | |
A judge previous ruled that he was a "seriously ill man" with a variety of conditions including Type 2 diabetes. | |
He was refused bail in April 2006 when Siac ruled the national security case against his activities over-rode the fact that he was unlikely to go on the run. | |
The next month he was rushed to hospital suffering a type of brain haemorrhage - although doctors were later divided over claims that he had lost his memory. | |
Court of Appeal | |
In April the Court of Appeal ruled against deporting Abu Qatada despite expectations from the lower courts that he would be leaving the country. | |
Siac had originally dismissed the preacher's appeal against deportation on the grounds that Jordan had signed a "memorandum of understanding" with the UK covering the treatment of suspects returned to their home country. | |
These agreements are designed to give reassurance that countries with poor human rights records will not torture or ill-treat anyone returned to their soil. | |
The appeal judges said Siac had misdirected itself in law over the issue of evidence obtained by torture in Jordan. |
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