Britain challenges power of human rights court
David Cameron will this week issue a challenge to the European Court of Human Rights by saying it must no longer be able to act as a court of appeal on cases already dealt with in Britain.
The Prime Minister will travel to Strasbourg, home of the court, amid anger at senior levels in the Government over its ruling last week that Abu Qatada, the radical preacher, cannot be deported from Britain.
The judges declared that Qatada, who is wanted in Jordan on suspicion of conspiracy to carry out bombings, might not get a fair trial if sent there by the British government. Qatada, who has been described in the past as Osama bin Laden’s right-hand man in Europe and called “truly dangerous” by an English court, has been in jail since 2005, fighting deportation.
In his speech Mr Cameron will set out plans for reform of the institution, at which Britain loses three out of every four cases it fights.
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