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| U.K. signs extradition treaty |
| By Politics.co.uk |
| Published: 05/16/2008 |
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UNITED KINGDOM - The government has presented a treaty to parliament allowing for extradition of prisoners from the UK to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), despite protests from human rights groups that the country engages in the flogging, execution and possible torture of prisoners. The treaty, which received no media attention when it was presented, allows the UK government to extradite anyone of its citizens for a crime which is punishable by one year or more in prison, as long as the request for the citizen is made by "a competent court in the requesting country". The treaty, which received no media attention when it was presented, allows the UK government to extradite anyone of its citizens for a crime which is punishable by one year or more in prison, as long as the request for the citizen is made by "a competent court in the requesting country". Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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