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Terrorist may get payout after prison isolation ‘breached human rights’
The High Court found prolonged segregation caused severe mental health harm to Sahayb Abu, breaching his human rights and public sector equality duties, with compensation now possible.
- On Tuesday, Mr Justice Clive Sheldon ruled that Sahayb Abu’s human rights were breached under protections against inhuman or degrading treatment and the right to a private life, opening the possibility of compensation.
- After an April attack on guards by Hashem Abedi, prison authorities moved Abu into a separation centre at HMP Frankland and later to Woodhill and Full Sutton for staff safety.
- Legal filings say Abu experienced severe mental-health harms including PTSD, hallucinations, panic attacks, and was assaulted while confined over 22 hours daily with limited contact for four months.
- Sheldon found procedural and equality law failures as Ministry of Justice officials breached the public sector equality duty affecting prisoners sharing the same religion, noting Abu’s suffering outweighed security risks and segregation could have been lessened.
- The legal challenge could prompt scrutiny of segregation rules for terrorism inmates, as Sahayb Abu’s judicial review on five grounds includes Article 3 breaches and highlights his family’s ISIS links.
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Government may appeal on whether convicted terrorist had human rights breached
The ruling said the Ministry of Justice had breached Sahayb Abu’s human rights by not allowing him to mix with other prisoners. The Government has said it may appeal against a High Court ruling that a convicted terrorist had his human rights breached by being kept away from other prisoners. The ruling on Tuesday said the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) had breached Sahayb Abu’s human rights by not allowing him to mix with other prisoners, as a precaut…
Rapping jihadi 'Masked Menace' could get compensation after human rights breach ruling - The Mirror
Sahayb Abu - jailed for life with a minimum term of 19 years for plotting a lone wolf knife attack during - could be in line for a payout after a judge found he was left with PTSD having wrongly been segregated
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