In December 2024, the High Court ordered early release on compassionate grounds for Mr Roger Khan. Click here for our press statement about this case.
The judgment for this case has now been published:
The High Court’s judgment in this case emphasises that the Secretary of State for Justice has an important power to grant compassionate release to prisoners who are very seriously ill and that this power should not be applied in an unnecessarily restrictive way.
At the moment, compassionate release is granted very sparingly:
We are very keen to pursue other applications for early release on compassionate grounds for prisoners who arguably meet the criteria.
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