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| Human rights court rejects new attempt to extradite terror suspect to US | Human rights court rejects new attempt to extradite terror suspect to US |
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| A renewed attempt by the British government to secure the extradition to the United States of a terror suspect accused of being a co-conspirator of the Islamist cleric Abu Hamza has failed. | A renewed attempt by the British government to secure the extradition to the United States of a terror suspect accused of being a co-conspirator of the Islamist cleric Abu Hamza has failed. |
| The grand chamber of the European court of human rights has rejected a British appeal to lift its bar on sending Haroon Aswat, who has been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, to face pre-trial detention in an American "supermax" prison. | The grand chamber of the European court of human rights has rejected a British appeal to lift its bar on sending Haroon Aswat, who has been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, to face pre-trial detention in an American "supermax" prison. |
| The grand chamber's ruling on Wednesday said the extradition of Aswat, who is currently detained in Broadmoor high security psychiatric hospital, would amount to inhumane treatment because his detention conditions were likely to exacerbate his paranoid schizophrenia. | The grand chamber's ruling on Wednesday said the extradition of Aswat, who is currently detained in Broadmoor high security psychiatric hospital, would amount to inhumane treatment because his detention conditions were likely to exacerbate his paranoid schizophrenia. |
| The European court of human rights ruled in April that Aswat could not be extradited because of the threatened deterioration in his mental health. The British government asked for that ruling to be reconsidered but it has now been rejected. | The European court of human rights ruled in April that Aswat could not be extradited because of the threatened deterioration in his mental health. The British government asked for that ruling to be reconsidered but it has now been rejected. |
| "While the court held that Aswat's extradition to the US would be in violation of article 3 (prohibition of inhuman and degrading treatment), it was solely on account of the current severity of his mental illness and not as a result of the length of his possible detention there," said the latest ruling. | "While the court held that Aswat's extradition to the US would be in violation of article 3 (prohibition of inhuman and degrading treatment), it was solely on account of the current severity of his mental illness and not as a result of the length of his possible detention there," said the latest ruling. |
| It said that in the light of the medical evidence in the case there was a real risk that the potentially more hostile prison environment would result in a significant deterioration in his mental and physical health. | It said that in the light of the medical evidence in the case there was a real risk that the potentially more hostile prison environment would result in a significant deterioration in his mental and physical health. |
| The US department of justice told the court that it could not say with certainty where Aswat would be detained pending his trial or for how long. | The US department of justice told the court that it could not say with certainty where Aswat would be detained pending his trial or for how long. |
| Aswat has been indicted in the US as a co-conspirator with Abu Hamza in a plan to set up a jihadist training camp in Oregon. | Aswat has been indicted in the US as a co-conspirator with Abu Hamza in a plan to set up a jihadist training camp in Oregon. |
| The latest medical reports in the case indicated that while Aswat's condition was well controlled, his detention in hospital was required for his medical treatment. | The latest medical reports in the case indicated that while Aswat's condition was well controlled, his detention in hospital was required for his medical treatment. |
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