Legal

Daniel Khalife entered ‘new phase’ of spying when he was on exercise in the US, court hears Daniel Khalife is accused of spending two years passing secrets to the Iranians while serving with the Royal Corps of Signals, but denies the charges.

(Sky News) Daniel Khalife, the former soldier accused of spying for Iran, entered a “new phase” of his relationship with his handlers during a series of calls from a base in the US, a court has heard. Khalife told his trial his […]

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Daniel Khalife ‘endangered Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’ with fake intelligence Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was detained in Iran in 2016 after a holiday visit to Tehran with her daughter, and was only able to return to the UK after six years in prison.

(Sky News) A former soldier could have endangered the life of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe by sending a fake intelligence document to Iran, a court has been told. Daniel Khalife, 23, pleaded guilty to escaping from prison under a food catering truck and going […]

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Daniel Khalife pleads guilty to escaping from prison Khalife, who is accused of spending two years passing secrets to the Iranians while serving with the Royal Corps of Signals, escaped from prison under a food catering van on 6 September last year — causing a nationwide manhunt.

(Sky News) A former soldier accused of spying for Iran has pleaded guilty to escaping from prison under a food catering truck and going on the run for four days while he was awaiting trial. Daniel Khalife, 23, from Kingston, southwest London, […]

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Ex-soldier Daniel Khalife tells court it was a ‘foolish idea’ to have someone with his ‘skillset’ in prison Khalife, 23, is giving evidence at Woolwich Crown Court, where he denies all of the charges against him.

(Sky News) A former soldier has told a jury his escape from Wandsworth prison to avoid being held with sex offenders and terrorists showed his “skillset.” Daniel Khalife, 23, who was being held accused of passing secrets to Iran, said he was […]

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Daniel Khalife arrested on suspicion of spying for Iran after double agent offer, trial hears Daniel Khalife, who is also accused of escaping from Wandsworth Prison, allegedly spent two years collecting secrets while serving with the Royal Signals Regiment and passing them to Iranian agents.

(Sky News) A soldier was only arrested on suspicion of spying for Iran after he twice emailed MI6 and then rang MI5 twice offering to be a double agent, a court has heard. Daniel Khalife, 23, from Kingston, southwest London, is accused […]

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Soldier Daniel Khalife accused of prison escape had earlier been on the run after bomb hoax, court hears Khalife, 23, is alleged to have fled the barracks when he realised he would face criminal charges over claims he passed classified information to Iran's intelligence service.

(Sky News) A soldier accused of escaping from Wandsworth prison had earlier spent more than three weeks on the run after leaving a fake bomb on his desk at an army barracks, a court heard. Following his arrest after he went absent […]

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Daniel Khalife: Soldier boasted about stealing ‘crypto,’ trial hears Khalife, 23, denies the charges against him and says he only handed over fabricated documents to Iranian agents in the hope of being recruited by MI6.

(Sky News) A soldier boasted about stealing “crypto” shortly after a USB stick containing secret material went missing, a trial has heard. Daniel Khalife, 23, from Kingston, south-west London, is accused of spending two years collecting secrets while serving with the Royal […]

Clerics & Preachers

Anjem Choudary’s right-hand man receives £1.3k compensation after complaining about prison strip search he described as ‘human rights abuse’ Mizanur Rahman described the search as 'torture' and a 'human rights abuse'

(GB News) An associate of Anjem Choudary received £1,300 in compensation after he complained about a prison strip search. Convicted terrorist Mizanur Rahman, 41, accepted an out-of-court settlement over the incident at Belmarsh prison that he described as being tantamount to “human […]

Citizenship

Former Syrian official in charge of notorious prison is arrested in Los Angeles Samir Ousman al-Sheikh, who was seeking U.S. citizenship, is accused of falsely describing whether he persecuted anyone for their political beliefs or had been involved in any killings.

(NY Times) A former Syrian military official who ran one of the country’s most notorious prisons and is accused of torturing and killing political dissidents has been arrested in Los Angeles, according to a court filing. Federal law enforcement agents detained the […]

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Aran Sherani: ISIS hopeful in prison ‘isolation’ over radicalisation fears, court told A convicted terrorist who once planned to join Islamic State has been removed from the general prison population because of concerns he was radicalising others, a court has been told.

(NCA NewsWire) A man who made videos lighting fires and pledging himself to Islamic State has been placed in isolation in prison after authorities alleged he was radicalising other inmates. Aran Sherani, 22, was found guilty of doing acts in preparation for […]

Government & Politics

Khairi Saadallah: The missed opportunities to stop Reading attacker An inquest into the deaths of Joseph Ritchie-Bennett, James Furlong and David Wails heard six weeks of evidence from witnesses including probation and immigration officials, police and MI5 officers.

(Sky News) When three men were stabbed to death in Reading’s Forbury Gardens on Saturday, 20 June 2020, Nick Harborne instantly knew Khairi Saadallah was responsible. “Something inside me just went cold,” he told Sky News. The chief executive of the Reading […]

Government & Politics

Amnesty International worried over Palestinian resident of Italy’s possible extradition to Israel Anan Ya’eesh arrested in January on charges of conspiring to commit terrorist acts

(Anadolu) Amnesty International expressed “deep concern” Monday over the possible extradition to Israel of a Palestinian man who is a legal resident of Italy. Anan Ya’eesh, originally from Tulkarem in the West Bank, was arrested in January for allegedly being part of […]

Health & Medicine

Scarborough Canadian Tire terrorist refuses to sign peace bond, will be jailed for six months Convicted Toronto terrorist Rehab Dughmosh has again refused to sign a peace bond that would have allowed her to go free.

(Toronto Star) Convicted Toronto terrorist Rehab Dughmosh has again refused to sign a peace bond that would have allowed her to go free. Instead, Dughmosh will spend another six months in jail. Prosecutors requested the unusual terrorism peace bond over fears that […]

News: Europe

British jihadist who went to fight in Syria in bid for ‘martyrdom’ will be freed from prison Mohammed Nahin Ahmed was locked up in 2014 after pleading guilty of joining an extremist group in the Middle East

(GB News) A British jihadist who went to fight in Syria has been given the green light to leave prison. Mohammed Nahin Ahmed, one of the UK’s most dangerous terrorists, was sentenced a decade ago after [pleading] guilty to joining a jihadist […]

Legal

France and Belgium in legal battle over Islamist terrorist Belgian lawyers and the French left have taken up the Paris 2015 attacker’s cause.

(European Conservative) On Wednesday, February 7th, French Justice Minister Éric [Dupond]-Moretti announced the arrival on French soil of the terrorist Salah Abdeslam, who until then had been imprisoned in Belgium, to serve an “irreducible life imprisonment” (perpétuité incompressible) — a penalty that […]