26 February 2013 Sabir Khan, a Dutch Pakistani al-Qaeda suspect, is to be extradited to the United States, where he is accused of planning acts of terror. The decision follows a decision by Netherlands Justice Minister Ivo Opstelten in December to extradite Khan. Khan’s lawyers attempted to overturn on the ground that his extradition…
3 July 2012 Five Muslim men, Khalid al-Fawwaz, Adel Abdul-Bary, Abu Hamza al-Misri, Babar Ahmad and Talha Ahsan have reached to the final stage of their legal battle over their extradition to the US wherein they are thought to spend the rest of their lives in solitary confinement in a Supermax prison. Cage Prisoners have…
The European Court of Human Rights has backed the extradition of Abu Hamza and four other terror suspects from the UK to the US. The Strasbourg court held there would be no violation of human rights for those facing life and solitary confinement in a “supermax” prison. Judges said they would consider further the case…
News Agencies – January 13, 2012 A Sikh man in France has won the backing of the United Nations Human Rights Committee in his fight over religious headgear. It said France was violating Sikhs’ religious freedom by forcing them to remove their turbans when having photos taken for passports and ID cards. Ranjit Singh, 76,…
News Agencies – September 22, 2011 A French court has imposed fines on two women for wearing the full Islamic face-covering veil, for the first time since a law was passed making it illegal to wear it in public. 32-year-old Hind Ahmas and Najate Naït Ali, who is 36, were ordered to pay fines of…
