Automatic release of about fifty terrorists to be stopped by the new law

About 50 terrorists will no longer be automatically released halfway through their sentences as emergency legislation becomes law later this week.

The government has rushed The Terrorist Offenders (Restriction of Early Release) Bill through parliament – days before the previously scheduled release of the next offender is due to take place.

The bill cleared the Commons earlier this month and was backed unamended in one sitting by peers in the Lords.

It is understood that Mohammed Zahir Khan, a former shopkeeper in Sunderland, was due to be released on 28 February.

He was imprisoned for four-and-a-half years in 2018 for sharing messages and material on social media that was supportive of Islamic State.

Another who was due for release in the coming weeks, according to the Henry Jackson Society think tank, was Mohammed Ghani.

Ghani, from Barnet in north London, was sentenced to two years and four months in prison in May after threatening to kill police officers.

Source: Sky News