AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC STATEMENT AI Index: AMR 51/086/2012 08 October 2012 USA must respect rights of individuals extradited from the UK The United States of America (USA) must respect the human rights of the individuals extradited to the USA from the United Kingdom (UK) on 5 October 2012 to face trial on terrorism-related charges. In the...
Learn MoreOmar Ali, President of FOSIS said, “The extradition of Babar Ahmad, a former Imperial College employee, has highlighted the failure of the British legal system in protecting its own citizens from a legal process that has been consistently criticised for torturing terror suspects. Evidence collected here in the UK was passed on to the US by British police, circumventing...
Learn MorePress Release Muslim Council of Britain Justice Denied: The UK’s Sovereignty and Dignity Sold as Babar Ahmed and Talha Ahsan are not allowed a British trial 5th October 2012 Babar Ahmad and Talha Ahsan today lost their appeal for a stay on their extradition to the United States. For upholders of human rights and civil liberties, Friday 5th October 2012...
Learn MoreExtradition decision against Babar Ahmad, Syed Talha Ahsan, Khalid al Fawwaz, Adel Abdul Bary and Abu Hamza condemned. The decision to extradite UK citizens Talha Ahsan and Babar Ahmed is a display of double standards by the so-called British Justice System. These men who have languished in prison for seven years without charge with immeasurable agony to themselves and...
Learn MorePress Release from Scotland Against Criminalising Communities (SACC) SACC believes the Home Secretary Theresa May has a duty to suspend the extradition of Babar Ahmad, Talha Ahsan and others until she can make arrangements to guarantee that they will not be subject to long-term solitary confinement. The High Court will give its judgment tomorrow on the men’s...
Learn MoreToday Liberty will seek to intervene in the High Court in proceedings against the Government and DPP for not allowing Babar Ahmad (accused of setting up terrorist fundraising websites and detained for eight years without charge) to be prosecuted in the UK. The authorities will currently neither prosecute nor allow the private prosecution attempted by...
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