Cleric Abu Qatada arrested for deportation

[Gerald]

Radical cleric Abu Qatada has been arrested ahead of fresh deportation proceedings, the Home Office has said.

Home Secretary Theresa May will update MPs on his case on Tuesday afternoon, while he appears before the Special Immigration Appeals Commission.

The European Court of Human Rights blocked his deportation to Jordan in January, saying evidence obtained by torture might be used against him.

Ministers have been seeking assurances from Jordan this will not be the case.

The Home Office had previously said it was making "good progress" in obtaining those guarantees from Jordan, where he faces charges of plotting bomb attacks.

'Security threat'

Mrs May travelled to Jordan in March for talks with the king and ministers on the case of the 51-year-old Palestinian-Jordanian, whom ministers have described as "extremely dangerous".

She will make an emergency statement to the Commons on Tuesday about the cleric, who is regarded as a threat to UK national security.A Home Office spokesman said on Tuesday: "UK Border Agency officers have today arrested Abu Qatada and told him that we intend to resume deportation proceedings against him."A British judge had ended Abu Qatada's six-year UK detention in February, weeks after the European Court of Human Rights blocked his deportation.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17737454


Note: 17 April 2012 Last updated at 13:10 GMT

[BossMark]

Good riddance to it and don't bother coming back

Good riddance to it and don't bother coming back

If only that were so.
Your Home Sec. made a big announcement which sounded good.
She again started a process that may in theory ship him out in a couple of weeks.
He can appeal to the same court he appealed to last time they started the process and that can take a bloody long time.
Since Britain has not appealed against that ruling and it looks like going right back to them the result stands a high chance of being exactly the same as last time.
So in all probability Mays speech is just empty posturing on the floor at westminster.

Why on earth don't they just put him on trial in Britain and then throw the bastard in jail when he is convicted?
It would certainly work out a lot cheaper than this long running fiasco has already.

[STEED]

I shall believe it when I see it until then the beer stays in the fridge.

[Herr-Berbunch]

Come back extraordinary rendition, all is forgiven!

[Jimbuna]

IIRC the Ero courts didn't say he couldn't be deported but stated he could if guarantees and safeguards where in place. The Brit government believe said guarantees and safeguards have now been assured by Jordan and are therefore attempting to 'fast track' the deportation.

I hope they succeed....better than the Brit taxpayer footing the bill to keep him.