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An Extradition Hitch

By Steve Hall

"Court: UK must not extradite terror suspects to US," is the AP report written by Robert Weilaard via Google News.An international court on Thursday ordered Britain to hold off on extraditing four terrorism suspects to the United States, saying it must show that life terms without parole in maximum security prisons would not violate Europe's human rights charter.The suspects include three Britons and the Egyptian-born radical cleric Mustafa Kamal Mustafa ? also known as Abu Hamza al-Masri, the one-eyed, hook-handed hardliner accused of setting up a terrorist training camp in rural Oregon.The European Court of Human Rights gave Britain until Sept. 2 to respond to questions about the punishment they will face.If convicted of charges filed between 2004 and 2006, they could get lifelong jail terms without parole in maximum security conditions, including concrete furniture, timed showers, tiny cell windows and no communications with the outside world...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on July 09, 2010 (boomark / email).