Partner Of Glenn Greenwald Challenges Detention In UK Under Anti-Terror Law
By Agence France-Presse
Wednesday, November 6, 2013 12:54 EST
David Miranda (L), the partner of US journalist Glenn Greenwald (R), pictured at Rio airport (AFP)
The partner of Glenn Greenwald, the US journalist behind the Edward Snowden intelligence leaks, launched a legal challenge in Britain on Wednesday over his detention under anti-terror laws.
David Miranda, a Brazilian citizen, was held for nine hours at London’s Heathrow Airport on August 18 while police questioned him about the material leaked by former US National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Snowden.
Miranda, 28, was stopped while in transit from Germany to Brazil, where he lives with former Guardian journalist Greenwald, and had items including his laptop computer and mobile phone taken from him.
Lawyers for Miranda attended the High Court in London to challenge the use of Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000, which grants police special powers at British ports and airports to detain suspects without probable cause.
Matthew Ryder, the lawyer for Miranda, who was not in court, told judges that the use of the power to take journalistic material in this way “appears to be unprecedented”.
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