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fromComputerWeekly.com
1 day ago

Police do not have to explain to lawyer Fahad Ansari why they seized his phone data, says court | Computer Weekly

UK courts ruled lawyers can be stopped under counter-terrorism powers and have their communications examined without being told the reasons for their detention.
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 months ago

Police suspected Tommy Robinson had information relevant to acts of terrorism on phone, court told

On the last day of the trial, prosecutor Jo Morris said the counter-terrorism powers used by police to stop Robinson exist to allow for intelligence gathering and that police had a reasonable suspicion that he still had links to far-right activists, even after the disbandment of the English Defence League (EDL). Although his membership of the EDL has come to an end, his views have not gone away.
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