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According to your link, the longest you can be held without charge is 14 days under the terrorism act. The longest ever proposed was 90 days (proposed in 2006)
by PJDK 8y ago
According to your link, the longest you can be held without charge is 14 days under the terrorism act.
The longest ever proposed was 90 days (proposed in 2006), and the longest implemented was 28 days (between 2006 - 2011).
https://www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/human-rights/countering-terrorism/extended-pre-charge-detention https://www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/human-rights/counterin...
- cortic 8y agoTerrorism Act 2000 (which was partially ruled unlawful by the House of Lords for what its worth) allows for theoretically infinite extensions to the detention period with only a police superintendent needed to sign off on it. as for imigration 'Just over one fifth of immigration detainees are held for at least two months' : https://migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/briefings/immigration-detention-in-the-uk/ https://migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/briefings/im...
- PJDK 8y agoHave you got a source on that part of the terrorism act, it's not something I've heard of.
- cortic 8y agohttp://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/11/contents http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/11/contents more specifically section 29, 1, (d): http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/11/schedule/8/part/III http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/11/schedule/8/part/... Though F1 seems to have been edited since i last looked.. still its in theory, unlimited detention without trial. There is also the Terrorism Act 2006, which i think extended the standard limit to 26 days.. Not sure if this was ever repealed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism_Act_2006 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism_Act_2006