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Police wrongly identified solicitor Fahad Ansari as Hamas member during Schedule 7 phone seizure | Computer Weekly

Police wrongly identified a solicitor as a member of Hamas, equating his legal representation with membership, leading to unlawful questioning.

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Police do not have to explain to lawyer Fahad Ansari why they seized his phone data, says court | Computer Weekly

The decision means that lawyers can be subject to counter-terrorism powers and have their privileged communications extracted and examined by the state, without having the right to know the case against them, said advocacy group Cage. Fahad Ansari, who acts for Hamas in a legal appeal to have its proscribed status in the UK overturned, was stopped by police under Schedule 7 of the terrorist act while returning from holiday with his family last year.

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Police wrongly identified solicitor Fahad Ansari as Hamas member during Schedule 7 phone seizure | Computer Weekly

Police do not have to explain to lawyer Fahad Ansari why they seized his phone data, says court | Computer Weekly

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