Pomiechowski v District Court in Legnica, 59-220 Poland [2012] EWHC 3161 (Admin); [2012] WLR (D) 331
“It was acceptable for a European arrest warrant to contain particulars of both convictions and accused offences.”
WLR Daily, 9th November 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“An ‘immediate examination’ of the legal aid system has been ordered by Justice Secretary Chris Grayling.”
BBC News, 7th November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Joshua Rozenberg considers how the tension between politicians’ wishes and what the law requires is likely to be resolved in two highly controversial areas of government policy: extradition and the right of prisoners to vote.”
BBC Law in Action, 6th November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Who should decide whether a suspect should be extradited to stand trial abroad? Is extradition purely a legal matter, to be decided by the courts? Or should ministers have the discretion to block extradition in appropriate cases?”
BBC News, 6th November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An elderly man has been convicted of the rape and sexual abuse of four young girls in south Wales up to 63 years ago, in one of the oldest historic cases of sex offences ever to be prosecuted in this country.”
The Guardian, 24th October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Theresa May is to be congratulated for halting McKinnon’s extradition, but she must legislate to prevent future injustice.”
The Guardian, 18th October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A certificate issued by the Serious Organised Crime Agency under section 2(7)(8) of the Extradition Act 2003 that a person or body that had issued a European arrest warrant had the function of issuing such warrants in the relevant territory was not conclusive that the person or body was a “judicial authority” for the purposes of either article 6 of Council Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA of 13 June 2002 on the European arrest warrant and the surrender procedures between member states or section 2(2) of the 2003 Act.”
WLR Daily, 12th October 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“The home secretary’s decision not to extradite the Crouch End Asperger’s sufferer has caused others to raise questions.”
The Guardian, 17th October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Statement by Home Secretary Theresa May on extradition made on 16 October 2012.”
Home Office, 16th October 2012
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
“Theresa May must have found it galling to use the despised Human Rights Act as a get-out-of-jail-free card for Gary McKinnon. But there was no alternative to her using article 3 of the human rights convention, which says that no one shall be subjected to inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.”
The Guardian, 16th October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“British computer hacker Gary McKinnon will not be extradited to the US, Home Secretary Theresa May has announced.”
BBC News, 16th October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“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
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