Saturday, October 1, 2011

In blow to government, UK High Court rules Raed Salah was "wrongfully detained"

The UK High Court in London has within the last hour ruled that Palestinian activist Raed Salah was wrongfully detained after his entry to the country, and is thus entitled to compensation.

The full ruling is available online here, and is also included at the end of this post. The judge, Mr Justice Nicol ruled that:

I have accepted his [Raed Salah’s] argument that he was not given proper and sufficient reasons for his arrest on 28th June nor was he given them until some time on 30th June. He is entitled to damages for wrongful detention during that period
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