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Ahmad and Aswat v Government of the USA

Author / Contributor: John Jones QC
14.04
Ahmad and Aswat v Government of the USA
   
Issue: Whether, if the appellants were extradited to the USA, there was a real prospect that they would be held at Guantanamo Bay, made subject to “extraordinary rendition”, subjected to Special Administrative Measures on a discriminatory basis or tried in a manner that would violate the ECHR and/or the Torture Convention
   
Court: Divisional Court
   
Reference:   CO/9789/2005 & CO/2290/2006
   
Neutral Citation:   [2006] EWHC 2927 (Admin)
   
Judge(s): Laws LJ, Walker J
   
Date: 30 November 2006