UK Extradition

Abu Hamza To Appear In Court

PA | Posted 09.10.2012 | UK

Radical cleric Abu Hamza will appear in court in New York on Tuesday for a plea hearing following extradition to the US to face terrorism charges. ...

Hamza Lands In US

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 05.12.2012 | UK

UPDATE: Abu Hamza appeared in a New York court on Saturday facing terror charges following his extradition from the UK, but the radical cleric did not...

Hamza Set To Land In US

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 06.10.2012 | UK

Radical cleric Abu Hamza is due to arrive in the United States on Saturday to face terror charges after he was extradited from Britain along with four...

Jessica Elgot

The Millionaire Businessman On A Mission To Keep Terror Suspects In The UK

HuffingtonPost.com | Jessica Elgot | Posted 06.10.2012 | UK

What could bring together two terrorism suspects, an alleged computer hacker and a multimillionaire businessman with an MBE? Northumbria entreprene...

'RIP British Justice': Extradition Orders Condemned

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 05.10.2012 | UK

The decision to extradite Babar Ahmad to the US to face terror charges has been condemned as "shameful" and "disappointing" by family and friends as j...

Abu Hamza Loses Last Ditch Plea Against Extradition

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 06.10.2012 | UK

Abu Hamza and four other terror suspects are believed to be on their way to the United States after losing a last-ditch court appeal at the High Court...

'I'm Not Anti-Extradition Or Anti-US'

The Huffington Post UK | Dina Rickman | Posted 04.10.2012 | UK

A terror suspect who lost a last-ditch bid to avoid being sent for trial in America has said he is not anti-extradition or the US. Babar Ahmad has ...

'Worlds Apart From Abu Hamza'

The Huffington Post UK | Jessica Elgot | Posted 02.10.2012 | UK

Terror suspects Babar Ahmad and Syed Ahsan may yet have an "11th hour" reprieve from extradition to the US as they prepare to challenge a decision of ...

Abu Hamza And Other Terror Suspects Appeal Against Extradition

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 02.10.2012 | UK

Lawyers for Abu Hamza have argued that his poor health means he should not be extradited as he and four other terror suspects took their cases to the ...

'No Evidence To Try Babar Ahmad In UK'

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 01.10.2012 | UK

The director of public prosecutions will not allow a private prosecution of terror suspects Babar Ahmad and Syed Ahsan, because no real evidence has b...

Terror Suspect Launches High Court Bid To Against US Extradition

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 01.10.2012 | UK

Terror suspect Babar Ahmad has launched a High Court bid to halt his removal from the UK to the United States, the Judicial Office confirmed on Monday...

'Source Of Real Fury'

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 27.09.2012 | UK

Extensive delays in cases such as the extradition of radical cleric Abu Hamza are a "source of real fury", the most senior judge in England and Wales ...

Hamza Launches Last-Minute Appeal Against Extradition

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 24.11.2012 | UK

Radical cleric Abu Hamza has launched a last-minute High Court challenge in a move to avoid extradition to the United States, it was confirmed on Wedn...

Extradition: A Victory for Terror

Dr. Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed | Posted 25.11.2012 | UK Politics
Dr. Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed

Extradition, in other words, does nothing for the fight against terrorism. On the contrary, it is a self-serving red-herring designed to conceal the dubious systemic failures of British and American security agencies from public knowledge, while vindicating their unaccountable powers to override the rule of law.

British Trials For British Citizens?

The Huffington Post UK | Dina Rickman | Posted 25.09.2012 | UK

The family of one of the terror suspects who lost a last-ditch bid to avoid extradition to the US has called the decision "inhumane" as human rights l...

LISTEN: The Queen 'Asked Why Abu Hamza Hadn't Been Arrested'

The Huffington Post UK | Dina Rickman | Posted 25.09.2012 | UK

The Queen apparently revealed to a BBC reporter that she once asked a Home Secretary why Britain could not arrest radical cleric Abu Hamza. BBC sec...

Abu Hamza: From Nightclub Bouncer To 'Radical Cleric'

PA | Posted 24.09.2012 | UK

Muslim cleric Abu Hamza once appeared to embrace Western society. He worked as a bouncer in a Soho nightclub and had a reputation for socialising a...

Hamza To Be Handed Over To USA 'As Quickly As Possible'

PA | Posted 25.09.2012 | UK

Radical cleric Abu Hamza and four other terror suspects could be put on a plane to the United States within days after Europe's human rights judges re...

Shrien Dewani 'To Apply For Mental Health Treatment On NHS Ward'

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 18.09.2012 | UK

Shrien Dewani, the businessman accused of murdering his wife on their South African honeymoon, is to apply to be treated on an open NHS ward after an ...

Assange: Sweden, US and the 'Ifs and Buts'

Karin Wasteson | Posted 14.11.2012 | UK
Karin Wasteson

Assange says he's expecting to stay in the Ecuadorian embassy for up to a year, while hoping for Sweden to drop the legal case against him. Let's imagine that he walked out on the Embassy steps and agreed to being surrendered to Swedish authorities by British police.

Assange Supporters' Battle To Keep Bail Money Adjourned

Huffington Post UK | Posted 04.09.2012 | UK

The hearing for supporters of Julian Assange, who are fighting to keep the bail money they posted for the Wikileaks founder has been adjourned. Som...

'No Solution In Sight' Over Julian Assange Stand-Off

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 30.08.2012 | UK

No solution is in sight to the stand-off over Julian Assange's extradition to Sweden, William Hague has said. The Foreign Secretary met Ecuador's ...

Extradition Laws Fail to Protect British Citizens

Reyhana Patel | Posted 28.10.2012 | UK Politics
Reyhana Patel

Imprisoning British citizens without charge or trial goes against everything that Britain or what being British stands for.

'Middleman' Accused Of Helping British Newlywed Kill Bride Denies Receiving Payment

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 20.08.2012 | UK

A man accused of helping British newlywed Shrien Dewani orchestrate the murder of his bride on their honeymoon in Cape Town claimed he did not receive...

Poll Reveals Gender Split In Support For Assange

The Huffington Post UK | Jessica Elgot | Posted 20.08.2012 | UK

British women think Ecuador is wrong to shelter Julian Assange, with men more sympathetic to the WikiLeaks founder, new research has shown. But mos...