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| Abu Hamza launches last-minute high court challenge to extradition | Abu Hamza launches last-minute high court challenge to extradition |
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| 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. | 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. |
| A second terror suspect, Khaled al-Fawwaz, who also faces being sent to the US, has started a legal challenge to his extradition as well. Fawwaz has been detained in Britain since 1998 when he was accused of being involved in the bombing of American embassies in three east African capitals. | A second terror suspect, Khaled al-Fawwaz, who also faces being sent to the US, has started a legal challenge to his extradition as well. Fawwaz has been detained in Britain since 1998 when he was accused of being involved in the bombing of American embassies in three east African capitals. |
| The two terror suspects are among a group of five cases that the European court of human rights finally cleared for extradition to the US after an eight-year legal battle. The decision by five European judges on Monday to reject their final appeals meant that all legal avenues under the extradition laws were finally exhausted. The home secretary is expected to put them on a plane within the next two to three weeks. | The two terror suspects are among a group of five cases that the European court of human rights finally cleared for extradition to the US after an eight-year legal battle. The decision by five European judges on Monday to reject their final appeals meant that all legal avenues under the extradition laws were finally exhausted. The home secretary is expected to put them on a plane within the next two to three weeks. |
| They all claimed that they faced inhumane and degrading treatment if they were convicted in America and sentenced to serve time in a "super-max" high security prison. | They all claimed that they faced inhumane and degrading treatment if they were convicted in America and sentenced to serve time in a "super-max" high security prison. |
| The grounds for their legal challenge was not immediately clear, nor has a date been set yet for its hearing. | The grounds for their legal challenge was not immediately clear, nor has a date been set yet for its hearing. |
| A Home Office spokesperson said: "The European court of human rights ruled there was no bar to the extradition of these men. We will continue working to ensure they are handed over to the US authorities as soon as possible." | A Home Office spokesperson said: "The European court of human rights ruled there was no bar to the extradition of these men. We will continue working to ensure they are handed over to the US authorities as soon as possible." |
| Two of the other terror suspects, Babar Ahmad and Syed Tahla Ahsan, who are accused of running a pro-jihadi website, are both facing a possible private prosecution in Britain that could take precedence over any US trial. The director of public prosecutions is expected to decide shortly whether that should halt their immediate extradition. | Two of the other terror suspects, Babar Ahmad and Syed Tahla Ahsan, who are accused of running a pro-jihadi website, are both facing a possible private prosecution in Britain that could take precedence over any US trial. The director of public prosecutions is expected to decide shortly whether that should halt their immediate extradition. |
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