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UK/USA: Clark approves Babar's extradition to US

01 November 2005

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Despite the detention and torture of hundreds of "suspects" at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and the abduction and torture of unknown numbers of people by means of "extraordinary rendition", Home secretary, Charles Clarke, approved the extradition of Babar Ahmad (31) to the United States in November 2005. Babar will be extradited to the US under the UK-US Extradition Treaty (2003), which allows for his removal to the US without prime facie evidence being presented. The US alleges that he used internet sites and email to raise funds for terrorism in Chechnya and Afghanistan, a claim that he has denied. Babar's family have said that they will appeal against the ruling and his father, Ashfaq has called for any charges against him to be brought in a British court: he said that he "had more faith in British justice than American injustice".

In January a district judge ruled that Haroon Rashid Aswat can be extradited to the US. Aswat, who was brought up in west Yorkshire, is facing charges alleging that he set up a terrorist camp in Oregon to train Britons and Americans to fight in Afghanistan; it is also claimed that he had been at a training camp in Afghanistan. He denies any involvement in terrorism and fears that he is at risk of being declared an enemy combatant by the US and shipped off to Guantanamo Bay and detained without charge or proper access to legal advice.

Letters of support for Babar to: Babar Ahmad (MX5383), HMP Woodhill, Tattenhoe Street, MIlton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK4 4DA. The Free Babar Ahmad Campaign website: http://www.freebabarahmad.com/media.php; Guardian 16.11.05; IRR News Service

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