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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent

Lawyer who represented Hamas in court says UK police falsely listed him as member of group

Ansari sitting on a couch in an indoor setting.
Fahad Ansari: ‘By trying to intimidate lawyers like me, the British state is effectively seeking to strip my clients of their voice in court.’ Photograph: Linda Nylind/The Guardian

A lawyer who filed Hamas’s challenge to proscription in the UK was recorded by police as being a member of the banned group, “equating him with his client”.

On a risk assessment form, a detective inspector, who authorised the detention of Fahad Ansari under the Terrorism Act on his return from a family holiday in Ireland, wrote “Hamas” in the space reserved for “membership of a known group”.

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