Monday, October 01, 2012

Good news and bad news?

Whilst I - in common I suspect with most people in this country - am happy that the Abu Hamza business seems to be finally coming to an end, and he will soon be off to the US to face trial there, concerns have been raised that the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights which rejected his appeal against extradition may make it more difficult in the future for the Home Secretary to refuse requests by the US for UK citizens to be extradited there, and given the fact that many people consider the US/UK extradition treaty to be at best biased, and at worst fatally flawed, perhaps any cheers over Abu Hamza should be muted.

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