SOE detainees are threatening judicial review, as they continue to be detained without communication from the Ministry of Homeland Security. Meantime, one attorney representing some of the inmates tells TV6, he suspects most of the detainees will soon be released without charge. Rynessa Cutting has more.
00:00With a nationwide state of emergency due to come to an end on January 31st,
00:05one attorney representing a high-profile detainee says he foresees the situation ending similarly to that of 2011.
00:30Ram Kalwan, acting on behalf of six detainees, among them Rajai Ali, has filed several legal challenges on behalf of his clients.
00:44However, several months later, there has been no response from the Ministry of Homeland Security.
00:49The attorney believes the state has no case.
00:52These particulars are very lacking in the circumstances to demonstrate that their detention is necessary or expedient.
01:00So as related to these specific detainees, I will say that their position is that the particulars were not sufficient to demonstrate whether the detention was necessary.
01:10Why did we have to place these individuals under detention under PDO? Why couldn't we not have prosecuted the individuals?
01:17The attorney is now prepared to take the matter to the high court.
01:20The detainees have initiated litigation against both the Minister of Homeland Security and the review tribunal alleging that there has been unreasonable related both to produce the report and also to provide a copy to the detainees.
01:36We gave the minister to the 16th of this month to provide these reports and we await the response from the 16th.
01:43Now, if the 16th were to reach without any response at all, what further action are you all going to take?
01:50We will pursue judicial review proceedings both against the Minister of Homeland Security and the review tribunal to compel both the production and the disclosure of the recommendations of the review tribunal.
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