The Guardian reports that the government’s control order regime has suffered a fresh blow with a decision by the home secretary, Alan Johnson, to revoke a second control order on AE rather than disclose the “secret” evidence in the case.In previous high court rulings involving AE, the judges have said that he was an imam to the Iraqi community in an unnamed town in the north of England, who had received terrorist training and taken part in terrorist activities.The latest decision to revoke the control order on AE is to be implemented with immediate effect, and comes in advance of a high court hearing which was due to start on 1 October, when AE’s lawyers were due to challenge the order in the light of the ruling.
Earlier Johnson has said the government will conduct a review of the control order regime, and said he has asked Lord Carlile to do the same.
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