Fahad Ansari says it was ‘chilling’ that police ‘equated him with his client’ after he was stopped on return from family holiday in Ireland
A lawyer who filed Hamas’s challenge to proscription in the UK was recorded by police as being a member of the banned group, “equating him with his client”.
On a risk assessment form, a detective inspector, who authorised the detention of Fahad Ansari under the Terrorism Act on his return from a family holiday in Ireland, wrote “Hamas” in the space reserved for “membership of a known group”.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/law/2026/may/05/lawyer-fahad-ansari-represented-hamas-uk-police-falsely-listed-as-member
Author : Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent
Publish date : 2026-05-05 10:54:00
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