
The protest Games: demonstrators target Olympics - Olympics - Sport The vow came as the first major demonstration on an Olympic site – a protest camp against the construction of a training hall to be used during the Games – moved into its seventh day. Construction of the basketball facility at Leyton Marsh in east London was halted on Wednesday as protesters from Occupy London joined local residents who had set up camp there. Olympic organisers were recently forced to more than double the number of security guards required for the Games from 10,000 to 23,700, pushing the cost of security up from £282m in 2010 to £553m in December 2011. They also announced earlier this month that 7,500 of the extra guards would be military personnel. Police have also been given extra measures to deal with demonstrations, including the ability to fast-track the process of dismantling makeshift camps. Games organisers Locog did not respond to a request for comment.
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Justice and security green paper: silence in court The government's proposals to extend secret hearings – "closed material procedures" – to all manner of civil proceedings would deprive people of their rights to a fair trial, and undermine the principle of open justice. If the proposals set out in the green paper on justice and security become law, the secretary of state would decide if a claim against government should be heard in secret. Ministers whisper sweet reason about judges retaining a say on whether a case should be heard behind closed doors. That is true enough, but misleading. The government, in the person of the secretary of state, may be easily persuaded that embarrassing evidence of misconduct by government officials should be kept under wraps. The secretary of state would be free to shroud in secrecy any civil trial involving "sensitive information" whose disclosure is "likely to ... harm ... the public interest".
Alisa Miller Rendition of Abdul Hakim Belhaj 8 April 2012Last updated at 22:58 GMT By Peter Taylor BBC News Mr Belhaj was intercepted as he tried to fly from Malaysia to claim asylum in the UK M16's alleged involvement in the 2004 rendition to Libya of Abdel Hakim Belhaj was approved by the government, the BBC can reveal. Mr Belhaj is suing the British government, saying it was complicit in his illegal rendition and subsequent imprisonment and torture under Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's former regime. BBC correspondent Peter Taylor explains. It seemed to be one of Prime Minister Tony Blair's defining moments: a photo opportunity on 25 March 2004 with Libya's Colonel Muammar Gaddafi in the Brother Leader's desert tent. This remarkable turnaround was primarily orchestrated by MI6's senior counter terrorist officer, Sir Mark Allen, an Arabist who was personally close to Gaddafi and his court - including his head of intelligence, Musa Kusa. 'Cargo's' safe arrival The letter was found in the bombed intelligence headquarters of Musa Kusa
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Libyan dissidents sue MI6 officer over abduction and torture claims | World news Abdel Hakim Belhaj, pictured, and and Sami al-Saadi are suing MI6's Sir Mark Allen for 'complicity in torture' and 'misfeasance in public office'. Photograph: Francois Mori/AP Two prominent Libyan dissidents are suing a former senior MI6 officer in a move which could expose the role of ministers in the men's abduction to Tripoli, where they say they were tortured by Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's secret police. Lawyers for Abdul Hakim Belhaj and Sami al-Saadi have served a claim on Sir Mark Allen, the MI6 officer at the centre of the affair. Whitehall officials have repeatedly defended MI6's actions, saying the agency was following "ministerially authorised government policy." The case will be the first significant test of a little-known piece of legislation, section seven of the 1994 Intelligence Services Act, which protects MI6 officers from liability for criminal acts abroad as long as their actions have been authorised by a cabinet minister.
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