The Guardian reports that pressure has been brought to bear on the media by the Metropolitan Police, the Home Secretary and the Attorney General of the UK to prevent media coverage of the suspects, amid fears that such coverage may prejudice a trail.

Of course, this begs the question of how fair can it be show greater respect for privacy of these particular suspects than any regular old suspects, who could and would be named with impunity. If the system is so irrevocably broken that merely stating “Mr. So-and-So has been arrested” will prejudice the trial, how then can it be fair to name other suspects in other crimes?

Let justice be blind; either outlaw the release of names or allow it. Interference by the judiciary, the legislature, or law enforcement in the dissemination of information is arbitrary and truly prejudicial. Does this interference mean that all other trials in Britain are unjust, and we’re okay with that?

The suspects:

The names on the Bank of England website are:

Walthamstow, London E17

Muhammed Usman Saddique, 24, lives in Albert Road. Attends Queens Road mosque

Waheed Zaman, 22, head of Islamic Society at London Metropolitan University

Assan Abdullah Khan, 21, lives in Banbury Road with brother and fellow suspect Abdula Ahmed Ali

Waheed Arafat Khan, 25, lives in Farnan Avenue

Cossor Ali, 23

Osman Adam Khatib, 19, lives in Wellington Road

Amin Asmin Tariq, 23, security guard at Heathrow

Abdula Ahmed Ali, 25, lives in Banbury Road with brother and fellow suspect Assan Abdullah Khan

Ibrahim Savant, 25, lives in Alkam Road. Changed name from Oliver Savant when converted to Islam. Attends Queens Road mosque

Poplar, London E14

Umair Hussain, 24

Stoke Newington, London

Shamin Mohammed Uddin, 35, oldest of the known suspects

Chingford, Essex

Nabeel Hussain, 22

Leyton, London E10

Tanvir Hussain, 25

Clapton, London E5

Abdul Muneem Patel, 17, youngest known suspect

High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Waseem Kayani, 29, reported to have recently returned from Pakistan, where he married

Umar Islam, 28, West Indian Christian background; changed name from Brian Young when converted to Islam

Assad Sarwar, 26, believed to have attended the Muslim Education Centre in Totteridge Drive. Brother of suspect Amjad Sarwar

Shazad Khuram Ali, 27, believed to have attended the Muslim Education Centre in Totteridge Drive. Runs car import business, AKZ Trading. Brother of suspect Haider Ali

Birmingham

Tayib Rauf, 22, lives in Ward End. Works with brother at father’s cake business, Classic Confectionery Supplies. Brother, Rashid, arrested in Pakistan

Not on the Bank of England list:

Walthamstow

Atika Sidyot, wife of Ibrahim Savant. Reportedly pregnant

High Wycombe

Amjad Sarwar, 28, works at Shazad Khuram Ali’s car business, AKZ. Brother of Assad Sarwar UPDATE not arrested, not questioned. The Bank of England apparently released as “arrested” the name of a man who wasn’t even interviewed.

Adbul Waheed (or Wahid), 21, changed name from Don Stewart-Whyte when converted to Islam

Haider Ali, works for his brother Shazad Khuram Ali’s car business, AKZ

Unnamed, woman in her twenties with a six-month-old child