Theresa May given deadline over terror suspect
Two High Court judges warned Theresa May that if there are no US assurances by 4pm on 13 June, her decision to go ahead with the extradition of Haroon Aswat, despite a European court ruling blocking his removal, will be quashed.
Aswat is facing 11 terrorist charges and is accused by the US of conspiring with Abu Hamza, whose trial is due to begin this week, to establish a jihadi training camp in Oregon.
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Hide AdHis extradition was blocked last year by judges in the European Court of Human Rights, who ruled that he could face inhumane treatment as there were no guarantees over where he would be detained.
His lawyers argued at a hearing at London’s High Court earlier this month that he was mentally ill but could face potential confinement in ADX Florence, a “supermax” US jail.
Aswat, a British citizen, was transferred from prison to Broadmoor psychiatric hospital in 2008 suffering with paranoid schizophrenia.