Pakistani ‘terror plot suspects’ to be deported rather than charged

Most of the Pakistani men arrested last week in an anti-terrorist operation will be deported to Pakistan with diplomatic assurances rather than charged, senior counter-terrorism sources told The Times. Operation Pathway, the codename for the inquiry, has already led to the resignation of Britain’s most senior anti-terrorist officer, Bob Quick, after he accidentally revealed details of the arrest plans to photographers in Downing Street.Investigators are concerned that they have not found any firm evidence linking the men to terrorist attack plans. Earlier Gordon Brown had said that the police were dealing with “a very big terrorist plot”.

Bahrain: King pardons 35 persons convicted in unfair terrorism trials

(ICJ) On 12 April, King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa granted pardons to 178 people, including 35 who were on trial for terrorism-related offences. The pardon follows the concerns of human rights observers, including Human Rights Watch, that the trial was unfair. Statements of allegedly coerced “confession” by the men were shown on Bahrain television and there are allegations that the defendants had been subjected to torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment.