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Free Gary McKinnon - or at least try him in the UK
Gary McKinnon needs YOU! Please checkout the links and write to Jacqui Smith asking her to stop the extradition.
You can send an email FAO Jacqui Smith : public.enquiries@ homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk
or a letter to:
Home Secretary
Rt Hon. Jacqui Smith MP
c/o Direct Communications Unit
Home Office
2 Marsham Street
London SW1P 4DF
The extradition is a crime far greater than that which Gary has commited. Gary McKinnon needs YOU! Please checkout the links and write to Jacqui Smith asking her to stop the extradition. ... more -
Hacker Gary McKinnon loses appeal against extradition to US
Gary McKinnon, a computer expert who hacked into dozens of US military computers, lost his appeal to the European court of human rights today and faces extradition to the US in the next fortnight, his solicitor said.
McKinnon has fought a long battle with authorities over his extradition to the US, which has dubbed him the "the world's most dangerous hacker".
McKinnon broke into the Pentagon's system from his north London flat and left a message saying "your security is crap".
Last month, he lost his battle against extradition in a House of Lords ruling.
McKinnon turned to the European court of human rights, complaining about the conditions he would face if convicted in the US and was granted a temporary delay.
The court did not give reasons for refusing McKinnon's request today.
Karen Todner, from Kaim Todner solicitors, said her client was "distraught" about the decision. She appealed to the home secretary, Jacqui Smith, to intervene.... more
This is a terrible inappropriate ruling, this man was no threat, if he is extradited he will be punished far, far beyond his crime. Jacqui Smith should make a compassionate stand and intervene rather than show she is a pet of USA bully. I'm sure if she does it won't harm GBs relationship with US too much as we are so in bed with them anyway.
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You can send an email FAO Jacqui Smith : public.enquiries@ homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk
or a letter to:
Home Secretary
Rt Hon. Jacqui Smith MP
c/o Direct Communications Unit
Home Office
2 Marsham Street
London SW1P 4DF Gary McKinnon, a computer expert who hacked into dozens of US military computers, lost his appeal to the European court of human right... more -
Top UK court allows extradition of hacker to US
Some call it the biggest hack of military computers; perhaps it was just a big embarrassment.
Gary McKinnon - accused of breaking into military and NASA computers in what he claims was a search for UFOs, allegedly causing nearly $1 million in damage - has lost his appeal against extradition to the United States.
That last attack, coming immediately after the Sept. 11, knocked out the station's entire network of 300 computers. NASA and privately owned computers also were damaged, prosecutors said, putting the total cost of his online activities at $900,000.
At the time of his indictment, prosecutor Paul McNulty said McKinnon pulled off "the biggest hack of military computers ever - at least ever detected."
"I was a man obsessed," McKinnon wrote on The Guardian newspaper's Web site last year, describing a year spent trying to break into U.S. military systems: eight hours a day at a computer in his girlfriend's aunt's house while unkempt, drinking beer and smoking marijuana.
In interviews, he claimed that his hacking uncovered photographic proof of alien spacecraft and the names and ranks of "non-terrestrial officers."
"It was not a mistake that there was a huge security stand down on September 11 last year," he wrote. "I am SOLO. I will continue to disrupt at the highest levels." Some call it the biggest hack of military computers; perhaps it was just a big embarrassment. ... more -
Abu Hamza loses extradition fight
Jailed Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri has lost his High Court bid against extradition to the US where he faces terror-related charges.
The Egyptian-born preacher is currently serving a seven-year jail term in the UK for inciting murder and race hate.
Abu Hamza, 50, from west London, is wanted by US authorities on 11 charges, including sending cash to al-Qaeda.
He has 14 days to decide whether he will launch a final appeal in the House of Lords against the judges' decision.
The extradition order was first approved by City of Westminster Magistrates' Court and ratified by the Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith in February 2008. Jailed Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri has lost his High Court bid against extradition to the US where he faces terror-related charge... more -
Hungarian Persecution Of Gypsies Stretches Across The Ocean
A Roma refugee terrified of being sent back to Hungary remained in hiding today while his distraught wife and teenaged son appealed to the federal justice minister to reconsider his extradition.
Ottawa has ordered Adolf Horvath, 51, deported to stand trial on what his family claims are trumped up fraud and extortion charges motivated by his ethnic origins.
Fearing extradition was imminent, Horvath vanished five weeks ago.
"I miss my dad," Adam, 13, a Grade 8 student in Toronto, said as tears streamed down his face.
"I have no future without my dad. I can't live without him. If he goes to Hungary, he might be killed and I don't want that."
Horvath has reason to be afraid of going back.
He was repeatedly assaulted and threatened in Hungary, where abuse of Roma – sometimes referred to as Gypsies – is common. In one attack at home, skinheads stabbed and beat him badly in front of his horrified wife Erika, 36, and Adam, who was then just 2 1/2.
"They almost killed him," Erika Horvath said. "I have scars, too."
Horvath fled Hungary for Canada in 1999. His wife and son were granted refugee status and Canadian immigration authorities in 2004 decided he faced "more than a mere possibility of persecution" based on his Roma ethnicity.
As a result, Canada deemed him "a person in need of protection," which would normally preclude his being returned to Hungary.
However, in response to a Hungarian government request for his extradition, Justice Minister Rob Nicholson nevertheless decided he should be sent to face trial.
In making his decision, Nicholson relied in part on information from then-immigration minister Monte Solberg, who concluded Horvath did face a risk of abuse in his homeland. However, Solberg decided Horvath could rely on state protection in Hungary, and therefore could be extradited.
"It's just ridiculous. It's embarrassing that the Canadian government could make such a determination," said Ronald Poulton, Horvath's lawyer.
"If anything happens to him, I'm holding the government of Canada responsible."
Last month, the Supreme Court of Canada gave no reasons in upholding lower court decisions that the extradition order was lawful. That means Horvath has exhausted any legal way of remaining in Canada, beyond a change of heart from the justice minister.
Rather than take his chances with extradition, he skipped bail, and went underground.
"Every human being would do that, right?" Erika Horvath said.
"Honestly, I don't understand: If someone is getting protection from the country he's coming from, why do you want to send him back?" she said.
Horvath has produced court documents that indicate the complainants in Hungary only made their allegations to avoid their own trouble with police. There are also new documents suggesting that Hungary requested extradition on a charge that was never laid.
The family is pleading with Nicholson to end the extradition proceedings.
"I still have nightmares where the police are beating my family up," Adam, who drew a picture four years ago showing a police officer laughing as he was shooting his dad, wrote to the minister.
"I would be heartbroken for the rest of my life if he is gone."
A Justice Department spokesman said Nicholson would have no comment.
Roma have frequently been persecuted in Europe, with tens of thousands dying at the hands of the Nazis.
Both the U.S. State Department and Amnesty International have noted Roma face mistreatment or even torture at the hands of police or racists.
Poulton, who called the risk of harm to his client in Hungary ``extremely acute," said he's worried about the family. A Roma refugee terrified of being sent back to Hungary remained in hiding today while his distraught wife and teenaged son appealed to... more -
Spanish Investigations Release Guantanamo Bay Prisoner
Two UK residents released by the US from Guantanamo Bay have been released on bail after appearing in court under Spanish extradition warrants.
The fate of the returning prisoners has been highly documented across the media, with their UK residency been under question as well as the Spanish extradition orders.
Magistrates are considering whether to extradite Jamil El-Banna and Omar Deghayes to Spain to face alleged terror charges.
Check the link to see the rest of the story...
http://current.com/items/88796100_guantanamo_three_arre... Two UK residents released by the US from Guantanamo Bay have been released on bail after appearing in court under Spanish extradition ... more -
Rumsfeld flees France fearing arrest
Former US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld fled France today fearing arrest over charges of "ordering and authorizing" torture of detainees at both the American-run Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq and the US military's detainment facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, unconfirmed reports coming from Paris suggest.
US embassy officials whisked Rumsfeld away yesterday from a breakfast meeting in Paris organized by the Foreign Policy magazine after human rights groups filed a criminal complaint against the man who spearheaded President George W. Bush's "war on terror" for six years.
Under international law, authorities in France are obliged to open an investigation when a complaint is made while the alleged torturer is on French soil.
.... Former US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld fled France today fearing arrest over charges of "ordering and authorizing" tort... more -
Peruvian Dictator to be Extradited from Chile
After months of deliberation, Chile's Supreme Court decided to allow the extradition of former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori. Fujimori will be tried on charges of human rights abuses and corruption during his time in power throughout the 1990's.
Human rights adcovates are saying the Court's decision sets an important international precedent for extradition cases of former heads of state wanted for atrocities in other countries by allowing requests to go directly to the courts, rather than through mediators or governments. After months of deliberation, Chile's Supreme Court decided to allow the extradition of former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimor... more
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