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September 25, 2012

EU Approves Extradition of Muslim Cleric to U.S. 
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The European Court of Human Rights has given final approval to the
extradition of Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri to the United States.
Al-Masri has spent years in prison in Britain on a conviction of
inciting racial hatred and soliciting murder. A federal grand jury
indicted him in 2004 on allegations of supporting al Qaeda and aiding a
fatal kidnapping in Yemen. His lawyers had appealed his extradition to
the United States by citing European statutes barring inhumane and
degrading treatment.

 

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