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Claim

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The Court of Appeal found Schedule 7's stop powers incompatible with press-freedom protections.

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

Statement
The Court of Appeal found Schedule 7's stop powers incompatible with press-freedom protections.
Field
status
Value
Court finds Schedule 7 incompatible with press freedom
About
incident 2013-uk-miranda-detention-guardian-hard-drives
Source
Stop Powers under the Terrorism Act 2000 incompatible with Article 10 archived copy
Publisher
UK Human Rights Blog
Method
outlet report
Checked
2026-09-22
Confidence
medium
Status
current
Source date
2016-01-21

Quotation from the source

the stop powers under Schedule 7 were therefore incompatible with Article 10