British terror suspects are being held in conditions condemned as barbaric by the Home Office's own medical experts and described by lawyers who have visited them as 'concrete coffins'. Opposition politicians last night called for an immediate investigation into conditions in Belmarsh high-security prison in south-east London, where seven Islamist suspects have been held without charge since their arrest last month.
One Whitehall source told The Observer: 'If MI5 believes people are a threat to national security, we will have them arrested. We asked the Home Secretary for these new anti-terrorist powers. Now we have them, we are going to use them.'
oh yes, and I don't really have an opinion on this. Belmarsh is a nasty prison, three miles from where I sit right now, and the conditions there are prettyy much the same fro everyone. Funny that no one complains about it for Charles Bronson though (he changed his name to that btw and is the most well known prisoner in the UK)
oh yeah, i just wanted to share this story, I don;t want to get inot a debate over it really, its an ugly issue that I would prefer to avoid because of the feelings it breeds.
quote:Originally posted by Spooky oh yeah, i just wanted to share this story, I don;t want to get inot a debate over it really, its an ugly issue that I would prefer to avoid because of the feelings it breeds.
You could have locked the thread if you'd started it in politico.
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