2 OTHMAN (ABU QATADA) v. THE UNITED KINGDOM JUDGMENT President of the Chamber to intervene in the written procedure (Article 36 § 2 of the Convention and Rule 44 § 2). The parties replied to those comments (Rule 44 § 5). 6. A hearing took place in public in the Human Rights Building, Strasbourg, on 14 December 2010 (Rule 59 § 3). There appeared before the Court: (a) for the Government Ms L. DAUBAN, Mr M. BELOFF QC, Ms R. TAM QC, Mr T. EICKE, Mr N. FUSSELL, Mr A. GLEDHILL, Mr T. KINSELLA, Mr A. RAWSTRON, (b) for the applicant Ms G. PEIRCE, Mr E. FITZGERALD QC, Mr D. FRIEDMAN, Agent, Counsel, Advisers; Solicitor, Counsel. The Court heard addresses by Mr Beloff and Mr Fitzgerald and their answers in reply to questions put by the Court. THE FACTS I. THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE A. Introduction 7. The applicant was born in 1960 near Bethlehem, then administered as part of the Kingdom of Jordan. He arrived in the United Kingdom in September 1993, having previously fled Jordan and gone to Pakistan. He made a successful application for asylum, the basis of which was first, that he had been detained and tortured in March 1988 and 1990-1991 by the Jordanian authorities and second, that he had been detained and later placed under house arrest on two further occasions. The applicant was recognised as a refugee on 30 June 1994 and granted leave to remain until 30 June