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Terror detainees are granted bail
Three foreign terror
suspects being held without charge or trial were granted bail on
Monday.
Abu Rideh, a Palestinian, was granted bail at a Special Immigration
Appeal Commission hearing in London.
Mr Rideh has been detained at Broadmoor hospital, after being moved
from Belmarsh, and a decision is still to be made on his future
mental health care.
The Home Office says the other two, who cannot be named for legal
reasons, should be placed under house arrest.
Law Lords ruled in December that the anti-terror measures used to
detain 12 men without trial were incompatible with European human
rights laws.
A Home Office spokesman said: "We will not seek to oppose bail for
Mr Rideh but we will argue that the conditions imposed must be
appropriate to address the threat that he poses.
"The Special Immigration Appeal Commission has stated that there
will be a further hearing for the bail conditions to be finally
determined."
Blunkett letter
The spokesman said that, as a result of this further hearing, Mr
Rideh would not be released on Monday.
Last week the Tony Blair defended controversial plans to allow
terror suspects to be placed under house arrest by ministers without
their cases going to court.
Mr Rideh was born in Jordan to Palestinian refugees parents.
He came to the UK in January 1995 and was recognised as a refugee.
However, in December 2001 he was detained under anti-terrorism laws.
In a letter to him, the then home secretary, David Blunkett, said:
"You are an active supporter of various international terrorist
groups, including those with links to Osama Bin Laden's terrorist
network.
"Your activities on their behalf include fund raising."
Source: Reuters
04 July 2004
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