Lawyers for Islamist cleric Abu Hamza have lodged an appeal against his extradition from Britain to the US. Hamza is accused by United States of being part of a global plot and waging jihad against Western countries, and officials want to try him over the 1998 abduction of 16 Western tourists in Yemen. The Egyptian-born…
Britain intends to extradite jailed Islamist cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri to the United States to face terrorism charges, the Home Office said. The interior ministry made the announcement on Thursday after Home Secretary Jacqui Smith signed an extradition order. Hamza’s lawyer, Muddassar Arani, said an appeal would be filed because “there are some very serious…
The lawyer for a Muslim preacher fighting extradition from the UK has denied her client has been preaching hate to fellow inmates. Abu Qatada, who once preached at the Finsbury Park mosque in north London, is being held at a specialist unit at Long Lartin jail in Worcestershire. A prison union has said he could…
