ror ism , ▁Crime ▁and ▁Security ▁Act ▁ 2 0 0 1 ▁was ▁that ▁resident ▁foreign ers ▁sus pected ▁of ▁terror ism ▁could ▁be ▁intern ed ▁without ▁trial , ▁if ▁they ▁could ▁not ▁be ▁deport ed ▁to ▁another ▁country ▁without ▁bre aching ▁British ▁human ▁rights ▁legisl ation ▁( for ▁example , ▁if ▁they ▁might ▁be ▁subject ▁to ▁tort ure ▁or ▁the ▁death ▁penalty ▁in ▁their ▁native ▁country ). ▁Several ▁individuals ▁were ▁intern ed , ▁mainly ▁in ▁Bel mar sh ▁prison , ▁under ▁these ▁powers ; ▁they ▁were ▁free ▁to ▁leave , ▁but ▁only ▁if ▁they ▁left ▁the ▁country , ▁which ▁some ▁did . ▁The ▁government ▁claimed ▁that ▁it ▁had ▁evidence ▁against ▁these ▁individuals , ▁but ▁it ▁was ▁in ad miss ible ▁in ▁court ▁– ▁or ▁unus able ▁in ▁open ▁court ▁due ▁to ▁security ▁concerns ▁– ▁and ▁was ▁therefore ▁rel uct ant ▁to ▁release ▁this ▁evidence . ▁▁ ▁In ▁December ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁the ▁App ell ate ▁Committee ▁of ▁the ▁House ▁of ▁L ords ▁( then ▁the ▁court ▁of ▁last ▁resort ▁in ▁the ▁UK ) ▁ruled ▁that ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 1 ▁act ▁was ▁contrary ▁to ▁the ▁Human ▁Rights ▁Act ▁ 1 9 9 8 , ▁mainly ▁because ▁the ▁powers ▁only ▁extended ▁to ▁foreign ▁national s , ▁and ▁were ▁therefore ▁un law fully ▁disc rimin atory . ▁The ▁legal ▁r uling ▁meant ▁that ▁the ▁government ' s ▁power ▁to ▁intern ▁suspect s ▁under ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 1 ▁act ▁would ▁exp ire ▁on ▁ 1 4 ▁March ▁ 2 0