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11 September 2001

11 September 2001. Northern Ireland – The Troubles, 1969-1998. Total number of deaths: 3,529 (Source: http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/sutton/). 1974 M62 coach bomb. 1984 Brighton bomb. 1996 Canary Wharf bomb. 1974 pub bombings ... and the government’s response. 5 October: Guildford pub bombings.

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11 September 2001

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  1. 11 September 2001

  2. Northern Ireland –The Troubles, 1969-1998 Total number of deaths: 3,529 (Source: http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/sutton/)

  3. 1974 M62 coach bomb 1984 Brighton bomb 1996 Canary Wharf bomb

  4. 1974 pub bombings ... and the government’s response 5 October: Guildford pub bombings 28 November: Prevention of Terrorism Act 21 November: Birmingham pub bombings

  5. Interrogation policy 1970s style • “Techniques designed to isolate detainees subject to interrogation, to prevent them from obtaining any exact sense of time and location and to impose fatigue by exposure to insistent and disturbing noise were regarded as proper.” • “While it was important that methods of interrogation should not overstep the proper bounds, it had to be remembered that the lives of British soldiers and innocent civilians depended on intelligence. We were dealing with an enemy who had no scruples, and we should not be unduly squeamish over methods of interrogation in these circumstances.” • From Cabinet minutes released 1 January 2002

  6. Birmingham Six

  7. Guildford Four

  8. The 1974 Act in the Guildford and Birmingham cases • Police powers to search, question and detain suspects augmented • Evidentiary requirements minimized • No need for a warrant • Detention period extended from 48 hours to 7 days • 48 hrs initial detention, then up to 5 further days with the approval of the Home Secretary

  9. Lord Denning, Birmingham Six appeal “Just consider the course of events if their action were to proceed to trial ... If the six men failed it would mean that much time and money and worry would have been expended by many people to no good purpose. If they won, it would mean that the police were guilty of perjury; that they were guilty of violence and threats; that the confessions were involuntary and improperly admitted in evidence; and that the convictions were erroneous. That would mean that the Home Secretary would have either to recommend that they be pardoned or to remit the case to the Court of Appeal. That was such an appalling vista that every sensible person would say, ‘It cannot be right that these actions should go any further.’ ” "We shouldn't have all these campaigns to get the Birmingham Six released if they'd been hanged. They'd have been forgotten and the whole community would have been satisfied."

  10. 14 December 2001 11 September 2001

  11. European Convention on Human Rights – Article 5(1) ARTICLE 5 1. Everyone has the right to liberty and security of person. No one shall be deprived of his liberty save in the following cases and in accordance with a procedure prescribed by law: (a) the lawful detention of a person after conviction by a competent court; (b) the lawful arrest or detention of a person for non-compliance with the lawful order of a court or in order to secure the fulfilment of any obligation prescribed by law; (c) the lawful arrest or detention of a person effected for the purpose of bringing him before the competent legal authority of reasonable suspicion of having committed and offence or when it is reasonably considered necessary to prevent his committing an offence or fleeing after having done so; (d) the detention of a minor by lawful order for the purpose of educational supervision or his lawful detention for the purpose of bringing him before the competent legal authority; (e) the lawful detention of persons for the prevention of the spreading of infectious diseases, of persons of unsound mind, alcoholics or drug addicts, or vagrants; (f) the lawful arrest or detention of a person to prevent his effecting an unauthorized entry into the country or of a person against whom action is being taken with a view to deportation or extradition.

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