11-01-12: BREAKING NEWS: HIGH COURT DELIVERS HISTORIC RULING ALLOWING BBC TO FILM BRITISH DETAINEE BABAR AHMAD IN PRISON
11 JANUARY 2012
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10-01-12: HIGH COURT TO RULE ON 11TH JANUARY 2012 WHETHER BBC CAN FILM AND BROADCAST INTERVIEW WITH BRITISH DETAINEE BABAR AHMAD IN PRISON
At 2.15pm on Wednesday 11th January 2012, The High Court will deliver judgment on the case R(BBC & Dominic Casciani & Babar AHMAD) vs. Secretary of State for Justice. Babar Ahmad is the longest British detainee held without charge or trial in the modern history of the UK, having been imprisoned since August 2004 (seven and a half years) fighting extradition to the US. He is accused of supporting Chechen and Afghan insurgents on the internet. In November 2011, over 140,000 people signed an official Government e-petition in support of his case, which led to two parliamentary debates on the issue.
10-Dec-2011: World leaders urged to ban solitary confinement
On International Human Rights Day, rights group calls for a ban on solitary confinement and prisoner isolation
5-Dec-2011: PRESS RELEASE: Further calls for public inquiry into CPS as MPs urge government to reform extradition laws
FREE BABAR AHMAD
5 December 2011
1-Dec-2011: Anti-racist campaigners welcome Parliamentary debate on Babar Ahmad
FAO: Newsdesk
For immediate release
Thursday 1 December 2011
01-Dec-2011: SACC Press Release - EXTRADITION: MPS MUST STAND UP TO US BULLYING
SACC Press Release
Press Release: Free Babar Ahmad Campaign Welcomes Full Parliamentary Debate on Extradition
FREE BABAR AHMAD CAMPAIGN
29 November 2011
SACC: Extradition row: Solitary Confinement must stop, says rights group
SACC Press Release
Monday 28 November 2011
Extradition go-ahead would be a "human rights catastrophe"
24-Nov-2011: PRESS RELEASE: Caroline Lucas MP calls for Public Inquiry into CPS handling of Babar Ahmad case
24 November 2011
The Free Babar Ahmad (FBA) Campaign supports Dr Caroline Lucas MP’s call for a full public inquiry into the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) after learning that it has admitted for the first time that it was never shown the evidence in relation to Babar Ahmad upon which it could have made a decision to prosecute him here.
23-Nov-2011: MCB Press Release - BABAR AHMAD: WILL POLITICIANS LISTEN?
Britain's leading Muslim representative body, the Muslim Council of Britain, calls for proper Parliamentary debate over the Babar Ahmad 'detainee-without-charge' case.