"A lawyer representing Hamas in a legal case in the UK is seeking a judicial review to challenge North Wales Police after he was stopped and questioned, and his mobile phone seized. The solicitor, Fahad Ansari, an Irish citizen, was detained for nearly three hours after being stopped under Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000, which allows police to seize and copy electronic devices at UK borders without reason for suspicion."
"The case is understood to be the first time police have used Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act to seize a phone belonging to a solicitor in hte UK. Ansari today filed a claim for a judicial review against the chief constable of North Wales Police and the Home Office. His lawyers are seeking an urgent injunction to prevent North Wales Police from examining the contents of his work phone, which contains legally privileged material relating to his work as a solicitor for multiple clients."
"Ansari's car was flagged down by four police officers as he disembarked from a ferry in Holyhead with his wife and four children, following a trip to visit relatives in Ireland. He was ordered out of the car and detained, but after the interview started, officers returned to the car to obtain his phone from his wife. "It is very clear that they wanted my mobile phone," he said."
Fahad Ansari, an Irish solicitor representing Hamas in a UK case, was stopped under Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000 at a ferry port and detained for nearly three hours. Police seized his mobile phone and copied its contents and also took a DNA sample and fingerprints. Lawyers say the phone contains legally privileged material for multiple clients and have filed for a judicial review against the chief constable of North Wales Police and the Home Office, seeking an urgent injunction to prevent examination of the work phone. Officers reportedly demanded the phone password and asked him to disable Face ID and stolen device protection, and prevented him from retrieving family accommodation details to leave the terminal.
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