[news] Britain: Graduate Student Researching al-Qaida Tactics Arrested & Held for Six Days

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Polly Curtis and Martin Hodgson - The Guardian

A masters student researching terrorist tactics who was arrested and detained for six days after his university informed police about al-Qaida-related material he downloaded has spoken of the "psychological torture" he endured in custody...Despite his Nottingham University supervisors insisting the materials were directly relevant to his research, Rizwaan Sabir...was held for nearly a week under the **Terrorism Act**, accused of downloading the materials for illegal use. The student had obtained a copy of the al-Qaida training manual from a US government website...  


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