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R V (1) SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN & COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS (2) SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT, EX PARTE FEROZ ALI ABBASI & ANOR (2002)

PUBLISHED November 6, 2002
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[2002] EWCA Civ 1598

Where fundamental human rights were in play, the courts of this country would not abstain from reviewing the legitimacy of the actions of a foreign sovereign state. The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs should give due consideration to a request for assistance from a British citizen detained abroad, but could not reasonably be expected to do more than that in the case of a British citizen detained by the US Government at Guantanamo Bay.

CA (Civ Div) (Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers MR, Waller LJ, Carnwath LJ)

06/11/2002

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