Abu Qatada appeal: May stands by deadline
All Within a Day
Abu Qatada is considered a radical
preacher and for that reason the UK government want him to go back to
Jordan. However he is accused of planning bombattacks against
American and Israeli targets, and it may be the case that the Jordan
government will arrest and even torture him on arrival. This case has
been going on for a long time and this news article just adds another
piece of the overarching story. Abu Qatada was to be deported from
the UK. He managed to file an appeal to the ECHR. This appeal arrived
on Tuesday. The UK government thought that the deadline for that
appeal would end on Monday while opposition thought it would be
Tuesday. The law is not very clear about it and a panel of judges
will have to decide. The spokeswoman from the government did point
out that Abu Qatada has been using delaying tactics for years and
this is just another one of his tricks.
I think this is one complicated story.
What I do not understand is the reasoning behind Abu Qatada his
departure. I will assume earlier news reports covered that
extensively. What ever you might think of this story, you should be
able to appreciate the irony of having a complicated and public case
such as this one come to an astonishing halt about whether or not the
person in question filed his appeal on time. In the end it seems as
though the UK government was wrong and he did file his appeal on
time. This one is worth following up, only risk is that such cases
tend to be very long-winded.
