Press Releases from 2010

SACC welcomes the news that former Guantanamo prisoners are to be compensated, but deplores the fact that this will halt a civil case that could have revealed the truth about British involvement in torture

Cameron says the Government's review of counter-terrorism powers is "heading for a f*****g car crash." SACC says it's the Prime Minister's job to keep the review on the road.

SACC has published its contribution to the Government's review of counter-terrorism powers.

The review of counter-terrorism powers announced last week by Home Secretary Theresa May is very welcome. It is to be hoped that it will mark the beginning of the end for the regime of oppressive anti-terrorism laws enacted by the Labour Government over the last decade.

The Annual Report of the Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) confirms that a Government propaganda unit set up to tackle terrorism intervened to influence British public opinion during the Israeli attack on Gaza last year.

SACC welcomes Tuesday's decision by the Court of Appeal in Edinburgh to quash Mohammed Atif Siddique's conviction under the controversial Section 57 of the Terrorism Act 2000,

SACC welcomes Tuesday's ruling by the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg that Stop and Search powers under Section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000 breach Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights