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| Lords want control order rethink | Lords want control order rethink |
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| The Law Lords have ordered the government to reconsider control orders imposed on eight terrorism suspects. | The Law Lords have ordered the government to reconsider control orders imposed on eight terrorism suspects. |
| But they did not declare the controversial anti-terrorism measure to be completely unlawful. | But they did not declare the controversial anti-terrorism measure to be completely unlawful. |
| In rulings on nine individuals, the Lords said control orders which included 18-hour curfews, restricting someone to their homes, were too long. | In rulings on nine individuals, the Lords said control orders which included 18-hour curfews, restricting someone to their homes, were too long. |
| The Lords ordered the courts to rethink two cases because the proceedings had breached a right to a fair hearing. | |
| But in a complicated series of linked rulings, the country's most senior judges said they would not rule the controversial system illegal. | |
| THE KEY CASES MB: British man in South YorkshireJJ and others: IraqisAF: UK/LibyanE: Tunisian Key cases profiled | |
| Instead, they criticised some specific issues, including attempts by the home secretary to place some terrorism suspects under highly restrictive house arrest-style conditions. | |
| In two of the cases, the lords said that the subjects had been denied a right to a fair trial because of what they were allowed to know about the case against them. | |
| The control order system was introduced in March 2005 after the Law Lords ruled indefinite detention without trial had breached the rights of some foreign national suspects. | |
| Control orders aimed to get around that major ruling by severely restricting the freedoms of British and foreign suspects, without imprisoning them. | |
| Curfews and control | |
| Under the system, the Home Office can impose daily curfews, restrictions on whom a subject can meet and where they are allowed to go. | |
| Ministers say the system is necessary for people where there is intelligence they are involved in terrorism - but not enough evidence for a prosecution. | |
| The conditions can include being electronically tagged and bans on using telephones and the internet. Some controllees must call in to security officials at irregular hours to prove they are at home. |