“Parts of the evidence against the terrorist suspect Abu Qatada are ‘a bit thin’, according to the judge considering his deportation to face trial in Jordan.”
The Guardian, 10th October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Abu Hamza and four other terror suspects will be extradited to the US ‘immediately’ after their last-ditch appeals were dismissed out of hand by senior judges.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th October 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A second bid to bring a private prosecution against two suspected terrorists to keep them in the UK has been rejected by a district judge.”
BBC News, 4th October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Lawyers for terrorist suspects facing imminent extradition to the US, including the radical Islamist cleric Abu Hamza, are due in court to make last-ditch appeals against their removal.”
The Guardian, 2nd October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The most senior judge in the country has spoken of his ‘fury’ that cases like Abu Hamza are allowed to drag on for years.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th September 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Abu Hamza al-Masri has launched a last-minute appeal to the high court to block his imminent extradition to the US to stand trial on terrorism charges.”
The Guardian, 26th September 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The court ruling that settled Abu Hamza’s fate has raised concerns for the rights of others fighting to be tried in Britain.”
The Independent, 26th September 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The European Court of Human Rights has refused the request of Mustafa Kamal Mustafa (Abu Hamza) and four others to refer their extradition appeal to its Grand Chamber for another hearing. This means that their case, which was decided in the Government’s favour in April (see our post) is now final. There are therefore no remaining barriers to their extradition to the United States to face terrorism charges.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 25th September 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“The European court of human rights has cleared the way for the extradition to the United States of five terrorism suspects, including Abu Hamza al-Masri and Babar Ahmad, after legal battles dating back to 2004.”
The Guardian, 24th September 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A Newcastle businessman who opposes Britain’s extradition agreement with the US has begun a private prosecution against two British terror suspects to prevent them being tried in America.”
The Guardian, 6th September 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Home Secretary Theresa May will announce her decision on whether computer hacker Gary McKinnon can be extradited to the United States by October 16, his lawyer said today.”
The Independent, 6th September 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Krolik and others v Polish Judicial Authorities: [2012] EWHC 2357 (Admin); [2012] WLR (D) 254
“In the light of the presumption that Poland, as a member state of the Council of Europe, was able and willing to fulfil its obligations under the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, in the absence of clear, cogent and compelling evidence to the contrary, a strict approach would in future be adopted in deciding appeals against orders for extradition to Poland under European arrest warrants where the sole issue was whether extradition would constitute a breach of article 3 of the Convention by reason of prison conditions in that state.”
WLR Daily, 17th August 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“Today I am talking to Carl Gardner, ex government lawyer and author of The Head of Legal blog, about the Assange Asylum issue.”
Charon QC, 17th August 2012
Source: www.charonqc.wordpress.com
“Charon QC” is the blogging pseudonym of Mike Semple Piggot, editor of insitelaw newswire.
“The Foreign Office says it can revoke an embassy’s diplomatic status but Ecuador claims this is only if there is a public threat.”
The Guardian, 16th August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The latest twist in the Julian Assange case, as we await Ecuador’s decision on granting him asylum (a decision which would not, as I’ve written before, in itself allow protection from arrest if he steps outside the embassy), is that people are wondering whether the UK can simply strip the embassy of its diplomatic status, so allowing police officers to enter it.”
Head of Legal, 15th August 2012
Source: www.headoflegal.com
“Two high court judges have dismissed a fresh attempt by the radical Islamist preacher Abu Qatada to be released from a maximum-security prison on bail pending his deportation back to Jordan.”
The Guardian, 31st July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Asylum seekers should not be expected or required to lie about their political beliefs, the supreme court has ruled in a decision likely to make it more difficult to deport asylum seekers to Zimbabwe.”
The Guardian, 25th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The home secretary will decide whether to order computer hacker Gary McKinnon’s extradition to the US by mid-October, the High Court has heard.”
BBC News, 24th July 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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