UK: Hurdles cleared in bid to deport cleric PDF Print E-mail
Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:02

FILE- In this undated 2005 image made available by the British Prison Service, and aired by Arabic TV channels, shows Abu Qatada who makes a televised appeal from Belmarsh high security prison, in London calling for the release of hostage British Norman Kember being held in Iraq. British Home Secretary Theresa May is expected to announce Tuesday April 17, 2012, that she believes new assurances from Jordan officials about the integrity of evidence not being obtained through torture, will allow her to extradite the high-profile Islamic extremist Abu Qatada back to his native Jordan to face trial on terrorism charges. (AP Photo/ H.M. Prison Service, file)New pledges from Jordan to offer a fair trial to a radical Islamist cleric should end Britain's lengthy campaign to send the preacher to the Arab country, Home Secretary Theresa May told lawmakers Tuesday.




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