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Abu Qatada deportation blocked in European court
Strasbourg judges stop UK from sending radical cleric back to Jordan because of risk of trial on torture-tainted evidenceThe European court of human rights has blocked the deportation to Jordan of Abu Qatada – who been called Osama bin Laden’s right-hand man in Europe – because he risks facing a trial based on torture-tainted evidence. The Strasbourg judges upheld the British government’s strategy of attempting to deport international terror suspects to countries which have given diplomatic assurances that they will not face torture or inhuman or degrading treatment.
published date:Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:01:44 GMT