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Court rules that another aspect of Coalition-era laws to strip citizenship is invalid
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The high court has ruled another part of the Coalition-era citizenship-stripping powers to be invalid after a successful appeal by convicted terrorist Abdul Nacer Benbrika.
Benbrika, an Algerian-born cleric, was convicted of terror offences in 2005 and was due for release in 2020, but has since remained in detention under a controversial post-sentence detention regime.
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