Tripoli, Sept 11 (ANI): Labour used controversial control orders to put Libyan dissidents in Britain under house arrest at the behest of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi.
The documents found in the abandoned British Ambassador's residence in Tripoli, suggests at least 12 UK-based opponents of Gaddafi may have been double-crossed by the Labour Government, the Daily Mail reports.
Over 50 Libyan dissidents won asylum in Britain 15 years ago, at a time when Gaddafi was an international pariah.
However, after Tony Blair signed his infamous 'deal in the desert' in 2004, bringing Gaddafi in from the cold, several people were designated a terrorist risk and put under house arrest. The documents suggest their alleged crimes were 'passport forgery' and 'fundraising for relatives', the paper said.
Now some of those dissidents have returned to Libya as part of the Allied-backed operation to install a new pro-Western administration.
Tory MP David Davis, who was Shadow Home Secretary when control orders were introduced, said: "It looks as if the Labour Government used control orders as a way of appeasing Gaddafi by handicapping his opponents, rather than as a way of protecting the safety of British citizens. There should be a proper inquiry."
Control orders were introduced by Labour in 2005 to put under house arrest people who could not be prosecuted for alleged terror offences because the evidence was not strong enough. Those given control orders cannot use a mobile phone or the internet, can leave their homes only during certain hours of the day and have to wear an electronic tag at all times. (ANI)
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