Claim 317

UK terrorism law allowed detaining Miranda for up to nine hours without charge.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement: UK terrorism law allowed detaining Miranda for up to nine hours without charge.
Field: action
Value: Nine-hour detention under Schedule 7
About: incident 2013-uk-miranda-detention-guardian-hard-drives
Source: UK defends Snowden-linked detention
Publisher: Al Jazeera
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2013-08-20

Quotation from the source

Under schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000, UK authorities are allowed to stop, search and detain passengers at rail, air and sea ports without probable cause, for up to nine hours.