“The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting as a Chamber, has found that five men accused of serious terrorist activities can be extradited from the UK to the US to face trial.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 10th April 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“After a ruling allowing the extradition of five terror suspects, including Abu Hamza and Babar Ahmad, to the US, the barrister and Liberal Democrat peer says any appeal will be thrown out.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th April 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Abu Hamza, the radical cleric who became the face of violent extremism in Britain, can be extradited to the US to face terrorism charges, the European court of human rights has ruled.”
The Guardian, 10th April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Where documents had been placed before a judge and referred to in the course of court proceedings, access should generally be permitted on the open justice principle. Where access was sought for a proper journalistic principle the case for allowing it would be particularly strong. The court would undertake a fact-specific proportionality exercise where there were grounds of opposition to the application for disclosure.”
WLR Daily, 3rd April 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“Three senior judges have issued a groundbreaking judgment that strengthens the media’s right to see documents used in criminal cases.”
The Guardian, 3rd April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The extradition to South Africa of Shrien Dewani, the man accused of murdering his wife on honeymoon there in 2010, has been delayed pending an improvement in his mental health.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 31st March 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Two judges in London ruled that it would be ‘unjust and oppressive’ to order the removal of Dewani, who is accused of arranging the contract killing of wife Anni in Cape Town in November 2010 during their honeymoon.”
Daily Telegraph, 30th March 2012
Soruce: www.telegraph.co.uk
“An urgent review of the ‘one-sided’ rules is needed because it is easier to extradite Briton to America than vice versa and public confidence in the treaty has been shattered, according to the Commons Home Affairs Select Committee.”
Daily Telegraph, 30th March 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Gary McKinnon is almost certain to be extradited to the US after a psychiatrist declared him fit to be sent abroad, despite the same doctor having said three years ago that the computer hacker was too great a suicide risk to be handed to American authorities.”
The Independent, 29th March 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The family of a Sheffield student who faces extradition to the United States has confirmed an appeal has been lodged by lawyers.”
BBC News, 22nd March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A pregnant British woman who was arrested on suspicion of smuggling cocaine through a South American airport has won her high court battle against extradition to Argentina on human rights grounds.”
The Guardian, 20th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A Briton arrested over a Portuguese attempted murder case he thought he had been acquitted of 17 years ago says his world has been ‘turned upside down’.”
BBC News, 20th March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Home Secretary Theresa May has approved the extradition to the US of a student accused of copyright infringement.”
BBC News, 13th March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Two men have been convicted of taking part in the kidnap and torture of two brothers after a business deal went wrong, Scotland Yard has said.”
BBC News, 8th March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
” The extradition of a British businessman has highlighted problems with the treaty between the UK and the United States which are not ‘readily curable’, the Attorney General said today.”
The Independent, 28th February 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Neave and others v Court of Rome, Italy: [2012] EWHC 358 (Admin); [2012] WLR (D) 46
“In the context of the Extradition Act 2003 a person who was no more than a suspect was not an accused person. The mere suspicion that an individual had committed offences was insufficient to place him in the category of ‘accused’ persons. The dividing line between a suspect wanted for questioning and an accused person was fact specific and was complicated by the fact of the different legal systems in Part 1 countries. A purposive interpretation of ‘accused’ was to be adopted in order to accommodate the differences between legal systems. Courts had to adopt a cosmopolitan approach to the question whether, as a matter of substance rather than form, the requirement of there being an ‘accused’ person was satisfied. Resolving the issue would require an intense focus on the particular facts of each case. The fact that under the criminal procedure of the requesting state a person might be asked further questions before a decision was made to charge him was not decisive, as also was the absence of a full file. A person could be accused of an offence even though the decision had not finally been taken to prosecute or charge.”
WLR Daily, 23rd February 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“David Cameron appeared to hint this week that the cabinet battle over the controversial UK-US treaty, which underpins the extradition of the retired businessman Christopher Tappin, is not yet finished.”
The Guardian, 24th February 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A mother-of-three who fled to England from America with her three children after her marriage broke down 14 years ago has lost her High Court bid to avoid extradition to face kidnap charges.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd February 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A retired British businessman who is due to be escorted to America by US marshals on Friday after losing a two-year battle against extradition has said he is ‘philosophical’ about his chances of never returning to his home country. Christopher Tappin, who is accused of conspiring to sell components for Iranian missiles, will meet the marshals at Heathrow police station and be taken to the US, where he could face 35 years in jail.”
The Guardian, 24th February 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A retired British businessman accused of conspiring to sell missile components to Iran is to be extradited to the US within 10 days after a last-ditch plea to the European court of human rights was rejected.”
The Guardian, 13th February 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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