US sentences UK militant supporters [Video]
July 17, 2014 A court in Cleveland sentences two Britons for supporting Muslim militants in print and online publications. Paul Chapman reports [See video here: http://nyti.ms/1trMmmB]
Syed Talha Ahsan
Jihad, justice and the American way: is this a model for fair terrorism trials?
The government stokes fear and fails to understand the Muslim world. But inside at least one courtroom remains an unusual precedent: context can be served July 17, 2014 Sitting and waiting in US District Court here on Wednesday, you got the undeniable sense that something unusual was about to happen. Here was the end of…
Briton Babar Ahmad given 12-year US prison term for aiding Taliban
Ahmad, who could be freed in a year because of time served, pleaded guilty to providing material support to the Taliban July 16, 2014 Babar Ahmad, the British citizen who was extradited to the US two years ago, has been sentenced to more than 12 years in prison for providing material support to the Taliban…
Judge challenges prosecutors on terror case claim
July 11, 2014 NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A federal judge preparing to sentence a British citizen for supporting terrorists in Afghanistan challenged U.S. prosecutors Friday on their claim that the defendant supported al-Qaida. Babar Ahmad’s support for the Taliban regime in Afghanistan didn’t necessarily mean he supported al-Qaida, Judge Janet Hall said during a hearing…
UK is to extradite Muslim suspects to the US
25 September 2012 After a long legal battle the UK is finally preparing to extradite five Muslims who are deemed to be extremists by the British authorities, including Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri and Babar Ahmad, to the United States. The Grand Chamber of The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that they…