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Behind Closed Doors

Series 1

Episode 3: Safe House

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

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Is Akmed Hammen a potential danger to society? With his movement and activities severely restricted under a Home Office curfew, Akmed fights to clear his name and resume normal family life. Barrister Rebecca Nyman takes on the role of a Special Advocate to plead Akmed's case at a Closed Material Procedure hearing. Claire Rushbrook stars as London barrister Rebecca Nyman and Amerjit Deu stars as Akmed Hammen.

Safe House is set at a Closed Material Procedure hearing. The drama takes us inside the secretive legal world of counter-terrorism. Akmed is suspected of being a terrorist. He has not committed a crime, but the Security Services say they have substantial reasons for believing that he represents a clear and present danger. They have put him on a TPIM - the Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measure, which puts him under a curfew and involves other restrictions on his activities. At the hearing his Barrister - Rebecca Nyman - is challenging the TPIM.

BEHIND CLOSED DOORS:
Safe House
By CLARA GLYNN

Producer/director: David Ian Neville. Show less

Contributors

Rebecca Nyman:
Claire Rushbrook
Akmed Hammen:
Amerjit Deu
Struan Gould QC:
Greg Powrie
Henry Doll QC:
Richard Greenwood
Nasreen Hammen:
Maryam Hamidi
Director:
David Neville
Producer:
David Neville

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