LONDON: The British government yesterday vowed not to give up its fight to deport radical (Jordanian) Abu Qatada to his country after losing its latest court challenge to have him expelled.
Lawyers for Home Secretary Theresa May had appealed a decision by the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) in November allowing the Jordanian to stay in Britain, but this was dismissed.
In a ruling posted online yesterday, three Court of Appeal judges acknowledged that the government believed Abu Qatada to be an “exceptionally high risk terrorist.”
But they said the government had not proved there were legal flaws in the SIAC decision, which found there was a real risk that evidence obtained through torture would be used in his retrial on terror charges in Jordan.
Britain loses case against Abu Qatada
Britain loses case against Abu Qatada
