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STOP THE EXTRADITION OF ASPERGERS SUFFERER, TALHA AHSAN

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See http://www.freetalha.org , 

www.sacc.org.uk/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=851&catid=29

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1201259/You-CAN-help-Gary-McKinnon-lawyers-tell-Home-Secretary-Alan-Johnson.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/jul/14/gary-mckinnon-aspergers-hacking

Gary McKinnon may be not be extradited to the USA. Talha Ahsan's case is hardly being mentioned. He faces pre-trial solitary confinement and a sentence in a Supermax prison unable to see his family again.

Given the secondary health problems associated with aspergers, people should write to their MPs , Amnesty International and other Human Rights organisations to ensure Talha Ahsan is not extradited.

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  • Also bringing aspergers into this case may not be serving any advantage. Talha is a 33 year old School of Oriental and African Studies graduate if I understand this correctly. So his aspergers, then undiagnosed presumably, was able enough for him to get a degree.

    The real issue lies in whether what he was doing was journalism or incitement to terrorism, and whether because the website operated via Connecticut USA for a short time, that is sufficient claim for extradition.

    I do wonder if bringing aspergers into this is to Tahla's advantage or might undermine the broader case. Certainly Aspergers shouldn't be misrepresented to make a point. The authorities may not be too good at assessing aspergers going by the DLA reforms, but the claims being made are clearly wrong.

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  • Also bringing aspergers into this case may not be serving any advantage. Talha is a 33 year old School of Oriental and African Studies graduate if I understand this correctly. So his aspergers, then undiagnosed presumably, was able enough for him to get a degree.

    The real issue lies in whether what he was doing was journalism or incitement to terrorism, and whether because the website operated via Connecticut USA for a short time, that is sufficient claim for extradition.

    I do wonder if bringing aspergers into this is to Tahla's advantage or might undermine the broader case. Certainly Aspergers shouldn't be misrepresented to make a point. The authorities may not be too good at assessing aspergers going by the DLA reforms, but the claims being made are clearly wrong.

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