in force.
The controlled persons are generally given very little information about the reasons for the order. Frequently the allegation has been in very general terms, eg ‘It is assessed that you have been engaged in attack planning’, with no further details.
Until 2005 the government accepted that foreign terrorist suspects could not be returned to states such as Algeria, Jordan and Libya because of the serious risk of torture. But in that year, the government began to seek diplomatic assurances from these countries that they would accept national security deportees from the UK and not torture them, and after concluding agreements, began the process of returning deportees to these countries. The courts have ruled that Libya is not safe, and national security deportations to the other countries are suspended while applications to the European Court of Human Rights are pending. Meanwhile, the proposed deportees are detained in high security prison, often for years. If released, they are subjected to even more stringent conditions than Control Orders, with curfews of up to 22 hours a day, and in one case 24 hours a day.
1 For more on the impact of control orders and national security deportation see Victoria Brittain, ‘Besieged in Britain’, Race and Class (2009) 50:3. Institute of Race Relations
The play was first produced as Waiting, at the Purcell Room on March 12 and 13 2010, by the Southbank Centre in association with Metta Theatre Company. The production text of Waiting was a modified version of the original The Meaning of Waiting.
Director, Dramaturge and Librettist, Poppy Burton-Morgan *
Composer, Jessica Dannheisser *
Design, Projection and Lighting, William Reynolds
Assistant Director, Rachel Warr
SABAH, Juliet Stevenson
WENDY, Gemma Jones
ALEXIA, Simone James
NOUR (Soprano), Anna Dennis
YASMINE (Mezzo), Carole Wilson
CELLO, Oliver Coates
WOMEN A, Harriet Ladbury
WOMAN C, Diana Hardcastle
WOMAN Z, Manjinder Virk
After each performance there was a panel discussion, with Baroness Helena Kennedy QC, Salma Yacoob, Gareth Peirce, Vanessa Redgrave, Manjinder Virk, Riz Ahmed, Moazzem Begg, chaired by Victoria Brittain.
Flowers were presented to four of the women in the audience whose words were spoken.
The libretto for the two sung characters, Nour and Yasmine, was taken from the text.
The Meaning of Waiting was published in Arabic in Beirut by Dar Al Furabi in 2009, with a translation by Maha Bahbou funded by the Qattan Foundation in Ramallah.
Characters
| Alexia | French/Senegalese |
| Sabah | British/Palestinian |
| Yasmine | British/Jordanian |
| Nour | British/Palestinian |
| Wendy | British |
| Amani | British/Libyan |
Woman A
Woman B
Woman Z
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