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Human rights solicitor Fahad Ansari is challenging the British government in the High Court after being detained and interrogated under controversial anti-terror laws while returning from a family holiday. Ansari was stopped at Holyhead Port in Wales on 6 August 2025, where police questioned him for nearly three hours about his views on Palestine, the direct-action group Palestine Action, and even attempted to probe into his confidential client relationships. Earlier this year, Ansari’s law firm represented Hamas in its application to be removed from the government’s list of banned organisations. Since then, says Ansari, he has “repeatedly come under attack for simply doing my job”. “What happened to me at Holyhead was the latest escalation of my being targeted for […]
