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UK judges rule to keep ban on Abu Qatada deportation to Jordan as government vows to fight on

The British government on Wednesday vowed not to give up its fight to deport radical cleric Abu Qatada to Jordan after losing its latest court challenge to have him expelled. Lawyers for Home Secretary Theresa May had appealed a decision by the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) in November allowing…

‘Osama bin Laden’s right-hand man in Europe’ Abu Qatada sent back to UK jail

Jordanian terror suspect Abu Qatada was on Saturday sent back to prison by a British judge, just two days before the government was due to make a fresh bid to deport him. The radical cleric, who has been dubbed Osama bin Laden’s right-hand man in Europe, was found to have…

Radical cleric Abu Qatada wins extradition appeal

The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday blocked the extradition by Britain of Jordanian national Abu Qatada, who is alleged to have been Osama Bin Laden’s right-hand-man in Europe. The court in its judgement said there was a “real risk” that evidence against Abu Qatada, a radical British-based Muslim cleric, had been “obtained by torture…