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MANCHESTER, England — About 40 people protested outside the Manchester Crown court May 23 against government moves against the Farooqi family home based on provisions in the Terrorism Act passed in 2000. The court ruled that day that the home could not be seized. Munir Farooqi was convicted in 2011 on trumped-up charges of “terrorism” based on testimony from two undercover cops and sentenced to four lifetimes. “I have seen for three years what the family has gone through,” said Ayesha Malik, a schoolmate of Munir Farooqi’s daughter Zulaika. “If they can use this law against the Farooqi family they could use it to target anyone they want to.” |
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