David Cameron put the UK on collision course with Europe today as he signalled he will fight plans forcing the UK to give prisoners voting rights.
Julian Assange sex case ruling due next week
Wednesday 23 May 2012
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange will find out next week if he is to be extradited to Sweden to face sex crime allegations.
May did get Qatada date wrong (but she'll deport him anyway)
Thursday 10 May 2012
Radical cleric was within his rights to appeal to European court – but judges reject his case
Strasbourg to consider Abu Qatada case
Wednesday 09 May 2012
Abu Qatada’s last-minute attempt to appeal against deportation will be considered today by the European Court of Human Rights.
Failed attempts to deport Qatada have cost nearly £1million
Tuesday 01 May 2012
Repeated failed attempts to deport radical cleric Abu Qatada have cost nearly £1million in legal fees, the Government confirmed.
Al-Qa'ida offer UK hostage swap for Qatada release
Monday 30 April 2012
Al Qa'ida has offered to free a British hostage if the radical cleric Abu Qatada is released by the UK, a statement claimed today.
David Cameron says Abu Qatada’s deportation appeal deadline was ‘repeatedly checked’
Monday 23 April 2012
The Home Office “repeatedly checked” the deadline for Abu Qatada’s appeal against deportation with the European Court of Human Rights, David Cameron claimed today.
Abu Qatada appeal 'just in time' says Council of Europe
Thursday 19 April 2012
Abu Qatada's appeal to European human rights judges against deportation to Jordan may have been lodged “just in time”, according to advice from the Council of Europe.
Clarke clashes with court chief over rights reforms
Thursday 19 April 2012
Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke clashed with the president of the European Court of Human Rights today as he declared that it would undergo “substantial reforms”.
Carry on Qatada: Home Office fails to deport radical preacher
Thursday 19 April 2012
Farcical blunder allows terror cleric to stay in UK
'No crisis' about foreign judges
Wednesday 18 April 2012
There is no "great constitutional crisis about foreign judges trying to ride roughshod over British law", a justice minister involved in talks to reform Europe's human rights court said today.
Leading article: Abu Qatada's hard case is making for good law
Wednesday 18 April 2012
Battle ends with Hamza heading for a US prison
Wednesday 11 April 2012
After years of argument that put Europe's legal authority on trial, a court in Strasbourg sends the infamous preacher and a number of other terror suspects across the Atlantic
Court rejects claims that extraditing Abu Hamza to the US would breach his human rights
Tuesday 10 April 2012
Radical Islamic preacher Abu Hamza and four other terrorism suspects can be lawfully extradited to the USA, human rights judges ruled today.
Cameron hails Hamza extradition decision
Tuesday 10 April 2012
David Cameron hailed a decision by human rights judges today which paves the way for radical preacher Abu Hamza and four other terrorist suspects to be deported from Britain.








