Asim Qureshi

Asim Qureshi is research director at the advocacy organisation CAGE International.

Short Cuts: Misuses of the Terrorism Act

Asim Qureshi, 6 November 2025

In August​, the solicitor Fahad Ansari was travelling back to the UK after visiting his family in Ireland when he was detained on arrival by counterterrorism police under Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000. This law permits police to stop an individual at the border in order to investigate whether they have been involved in the preparation, instigation or commission of an act of...

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