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Britain: House of lords: Invalidation of the indefinite imprisonment
21th of December 2004
The British House of Lords declared that detaining foreign suspects without trial for unknown period breaks human rights law.
In a blow to the government's anti-terror measures, the House of Lords ruled by an eight to one majority in favor of appeals by nine terror detainees of Belmarsh prison, south London.
The Law Lords said that such measures were incompatible with European human rights laws, and the government must pay the appeal costs.
. The detainees took their case to the House of Lords after the Court of Appeal backed the Home Office's powers to hold them without limit or charge
The case was heard by a panel of nine law lords rather than the usual five because of the constitutional importance of the case
Ben Emerson, who represents seven of the detainees, said "Those detainees "might be suspected of links with International terrorism", have been detained for the last three years, with no charge or trial".
When the men were first held, they tried all possible ways to be released, but seems that it was getting only darker, till the House of Lords judged for their favor.
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