EFTA00031733.pdf

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Type: Legal judgment (european court of human rights)
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This document is a judgment from the European Court of Human Rights regarding the case of Babar Ahmad and Others v. The United Kingdom, concerning the extradition of six terrorism suspects (including Abu Hamza) to the United States. The applicants argued that extradition would violate Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights due to the risk of solitary confinement at ADX Florence and the possibility of grossly disproportionate life sentences. The Court unanimously ruled that extradition would not violate Article 3, finding that conditions at ADX Florence and the potential sentences did not amount to inhuman or degrading treatment.

People (19)

Name Role Context
Babar Ahmad First Applicant
British national born in 1974, indicted in the US on terrorism charges including material support to terrorists and c...
Haroon Rashid Aswat Second Applicant
British national born in 1974, indicted in US for Bly, Oregon jihad training camp conspiracy. Case adjourned in this ...
Syed Tahla Ahsan Third Applicant
British national born in 1979, indicted on similar charges to Babar Ahmad regarding support to terrorists via websites.
Mustafa Kamal Mustafa (Abu Hamza) Fourth Applicant
British national born in 1958, indicted in US for Yemen hostage taking, violent jihad in Afghanistan, and Bly Oregon ...
Adel Abdul Bary Fifth Applicant
Egyptian national born in 1960, indicted in US for conspiracy to kill US nationals and destroy buildings (1998 Embass...
Khaled Al-Fawwaz Sixth Applicant
Saudi Arabian national born in 1962, indicted in US for 269 counts of murder related to 1998 Embassy bombings.
Lech Garlicki Judge/President
President of the Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights delivering the judgment.
David Thór Björgvinsson Judge
Judge of the European Court of Human Rights.
Nicolas Bratza Judge
Judge of the European Court of Human Rights.
Päivi Hirvelä Judge
Judge of the European Court of Human Rights.
George Nicolaou Judge
Judge of the European Court of Human Rights.
Ledi Bianku Judge
Judge of the European Court of Human Rights.
Nebojša Vučinić Judge
Judge of the European Court of Human Rights.
Lawrence Early Section Registrar
Registrar for the Fourth Section of the Court.
Ms G. Peirce Legal Representative
Lawyer representing the first, second, third, and fifth applicants.
Mr D. Walton Government Agent
Represented the United Kingdom Government.
Louis J. Milusnic Associate Warden
Official at ADX Florence who provided declarations regarding prison conditions.
Osama bin Laden Indicted Co-conspirator
Named in the indictment alongside the fifth and sixth applicants.
Oussama Abdullah Kassir Co-conspirator
Indicted regarding the Bly, Oregon charges; extradited from Czech Republic and convicted in US.

Timeline (5 events)

1998
Bombing of United States embassies.
Nairobi and Dar es Salaam
Adel Abdul Bary (alleged) Khaled Al-Fawwaz (alleged) Osama bin Laden
1998-12
Taking of sixteen hostages in Yemen.
Yemen
Abu Hamza (alleged conspirator) Abu Al-Hassan
2004-08-05
Arrest of Babar Ahmad in London.
London
2010-07-06
Admissibility decision by the Court for the first four applicants.
Strasbourg
ECHR Applicants
2012-04-10
Judgment delivered by the European Court of Human Rights.
Strasbourg
Babar Ahmad Abu Hamza UK Government ECHR Judges

Relationships (3)

Babar Ahmad Co-accused Syed Tahla Ahsan
Indicted on similar charges regarding material support to terrorists via websites.
Abu Hamza Co-conspirators Haroon Rashid Aswat
Alleged co-conspirators in respect of the Bly, Oregon jihad training camp charges.
Adel Abdul Bary Co-accused Osama bin Laden
Indicted alongside Bin Laden regarding the 1998 Embassy bombings.

Key Quotes (5)

"This is a difficult and troubling case. The [first applicant] is a British subject who is alleged to have committed offences which, if the evidence were available, could have been prosecuted in this country."
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"The Court holds that there would be no violation of Article 3 of the Convention as a result of conditions at ADX Florence and the imposition of special administrative measures post-trial if the first, third, fifth and sixth applicants were extradited to the United States."
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"The Court holds that there would be no violation of Article 3 of the Convention as a result of the length of their possible sentences if the first, third, fourth, fifth and sixth applicants were extradited to the United States."
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"One of the former wardens of ADX had publicly described the prison as 'a clean version of hell'."
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"No one shall be subjected to torture or to inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment."
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