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Britain plans to pass emergency legislation by February 27 to prevent convicted terrorists automatically being released from prison halfway through their sentence, a government source said on Wednesday.
Justice minister Robert Buckland announced plans for the law earlier this week after an Islamist attacker stabbed two people in London on Sunday. Sudesh Amman had been released from prison halfway through his term on January 23, despite still being considered a risk by authorities.
He was shot dead by police officers who had placed him under covert surveillance.
The new emergency law will be introduced to parliament on Tuesday next week.
“If the legislation is passed by February 27 we can prevent the automatic release of any further terrorist suspects who might pose a threat to the public,” the source said.

“This is emergency legislation which we believe is vital for protecting the public … We cannot continue to be in a position where the state has no power to block the release of terrorists who continue to pose a threat.”
The government has said the legislation will apply to those already in prison, prompting predictions from some opponents that it could be challenged in the courts for breaching human rights law.
The man police shot dead in London was wearing a ‘hoax device’
“What we are proposing in this emergency legislation is not to retrospectively alter offenders’ sentences as they were imposed by the court,” the government source said.
“This is in relation to release arrangements which are part of the administration of a sentence and it would be our position that you can change those without being considered to breach an offender’s human rights.”
London police chief Cressida Dick said if there were to be changes to sentencing, when offenders were released they needed to be freed on “strong licence conditions”.
Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack on Monday but Dick said there was no evidence at this stage that it was “directed or enabled by anyone else”.


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UK to pass law to stop early release of terrorists by February 27, government source claims

Forensic officers investigate at the scene on February 2 following the stabbing attack on Streatham High Road in London. Photo: dpa

Britain's Justice Secretary Robert Buckland is seen outside 10 Downing Street London, Britain, January 21, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls

London attack: Sudesh Amman, the man shot dead by police on busy Streatham street, was wearing a ‘hoax device’

Shot dead: Sudesh Amman was a former convict who was recently released from prison. Photo: Met Police

epa08188390 An armed policeman secures the area of an incident after a man has been shot by armed police at a street in Streatham, London, Britain, 02 February 2020. According to reports, a man has been shot by police in terrorist-related incident. Reports also state several people have been stabbed. EPA-EFE/STR

A woman reacts as police officers interview people near to the scene where a man was shot and killed by armed police on February 2, 2020 in London, England. The Metropolitan police have said that a number of people had been stabbed during a terrorist-related incident in Streatham. (Photo by Hollie Adams/Getty Images/TNS)

Forensic officers work at the scene where Sudesh Amman shot dead by police . Photo: DPA

As UK reels from London Bridge attack, questions over attacker’s release on parole

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson (R) and British Home Secretary, Priti Patel (C) visit the crime scene near London Bridge in London. Photo: EPA-EFE

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan speaks to the media near the scene of a stabbing on London Bridge, in which two people were killed, in London, Britain, November 30, 2019. REUTERS/Ian Walton

Buses and cars remain on London Bridge in London, Saturday, Nov. 30, 2019, after it being closed to traffic and public after an attack on Friday. UK counterterrorism police on Saturday searched for clues into how a man imprisoned for terrorism offenses before his release last year managed to stab several people before being tackled by bystanders and shot dead by officers on London Bridge. Two people were killed and three wounded. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

British Police officers stand by forensic tents outside a residential address in Stafford, central England on November 30, 2019, raided in connection with the November 29 stabbings on London Bridge in the City of London. - A man suspected of stabbing two people to death in a terror attack on London Bridge was an ex-prisoner convicted of terrorism offences and released last year, police said Saturday. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP)

Flowers are left at the scene of a stabbing on London Bridge, in which two people were killed, in London, Britain, November 30, 2019. REUTERS/Simon Dawson

epa08034850 British Prime Minister Boris Johnson (3-L) visits the crime scene near London Bridge in London, Britain, 30 November 2019. At least two members of the public have died and a male suspect has been shot dead by police at a scene on 29 November after a stabbing at London Bridge. EPA-EFE/VICKIE FLORES

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Move follows Islamist attack earlier this month by man who had been released halfway through his prison term
The new emergency law will be introduced to parliament on Tuesday next week



Move follows Islamist attack earlier this month by man who had been released halfway through his prison term.


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UK to pass law to stop early release of terrorists by February 27, government source claims

Move follows Islamist attack earlier this month by man who had been released halfway through his prison term The new emergency law will be introduced to parliament on Tuesday next week

Move follows Islamist attack earlier this month by man who had been released halfway through his prison term

The new emergency law will be introduced to parliament on Tuesday next week