Abu Qatada: British Prison Service

Jordan Dept: LONDON - New pledges from Jordan to offer a fair trial to a radical Islamist cleric should end Britain's lengthy campaign to send the preacher to the Arab country, Home Secretary Theresa May told lawmakers Tuesday, according to Winnipeg Free Press. Following a protracted legal battle, the European Court of Human Rights ruled in January that Abu Qatada could not be deported to Jordan because of a risk that evidence obtained through torture would be used against him there and fILE- In this undated 2005 image made available by the British Prison Service, and aired by Arabic TV channels, shows Abu Qatada who makes a televised appeal from Belmarsh high security prison, in London calling for the release of hostage British Norman Kember being held in Iraq. British Home Secretary Theresa May is expected to announce Tuesday April 17, 2012, that she believes new assurances from Jordan officials about the integrity of evidence not being obtained through torture, will allow her to extradite the high-profile Islamic extremist Abu Qatada back to his native Jordan to face trial on terrorism charges. AP Photo/ H.M. Prison Service, file Since 2001, authorities in Britain have been trying to expel Abu Qatada, a Palestinian-Jordanian preacher described in both Spanish and British courts as a leading al-Qaida figure in Europe. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.