A lawyer who previously represented Hamas says UK police falsely listed him as a member of the proscribed group when he was stopped and detained after returning from a family holiday in Ireland. Fahad Ansari, whose role included filing Hamas’s legal challenge to its UK proscription, says it was “chilling” that police “equated him with his client”. According to reporting, a detective inspector completed a risk assessment form authorising Ansari’s detention under the Terrorism Act and wrote “Hamas” in the section for “membership of a known group”. Ansari disputes the basis for the recording and argues that his detention and the police documentation linking him to the group are unlawful. A separate report also describes allegations that UK police claim he was a member of Hamas, while Ansari contends that confidential legal information on his phone was mishandled or improperly treated. The accounts focus on a discrepancy between Ansari’s claimed relationship to Hamas through legal representation and the police record of him as an alleged member.