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Update on Talha Ahsan

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Talha Ahsan is detained in solitary confinement for 23 hours a day at the high security Northern Correctional Institution whilst awaiting his trial in October 2013. His family have received ONE letter from him on the 13th November that was dated 23rd October and are still anxiously awaiting his first phone call. In the letter he mentions Gary McKinnon but is completely unaware that Theresa May has blocked his extradition.

Theresa May starts her speech at the 2012 Conservative Party Conference with the following irresponsible and misleading statement "Wasn't it great to say goodbye - at long last - to Abu Hamza and those four other terror suspects on Friday? She continually dehumanises Talha Ahsan by refusing to use his name.

In the video of the Full Gary McKinnon Press Conference 2012, at 8:28 Mark Lever from the NAS talks about Asperger syndrome and the extradition but he fails to mention Talha Ahsan. At 19:20 he mentions the importance of intervention for ANYONE with Asperger syndrome. Pause the video at 19:49 and notice the blank expression on Mark Lever's face when Talha Ahsan is mentioned. He is a man who gave absolutely zero support to Talha Ahsan whilst he was awaiting extradition.

The most concise summary of Talha Ahsan and his case is published on the Asperger Home Education website. Also read their verdict on the extradition of Gary McKinnon. 

Please watch the Extradition Film as it is very moving.

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  • ALADDIN said:
    I did not know a lot about the Babar Ahmad case until earlier this year, when Talha Ahsan had aspergers and Babar Ahmad gave an interview , showen on BBC Newsnight.

    The two cases are intertwined. The extradition request for Talha Ahsan came two years after that of Babar Ahmad and can only have come about as a result of some information bearing his name surfacing in the meantime. There are pointers that his name was mentioned by a prisoner in Guantanamo bay whilst being tortured.

    If he dies, the Government is in very serious trouble (especially Theresa May). The family can take the Government to Court, it will have repurcussions maybe like the murder of Stephen Lawrence. If the Government is sued the whole story will emerge.

    The family will try to take the government to court over the extradition but whether they will succeed in a prosecution is another matter. I am of the opinion that the extradition is a politically motivated attack where the executive has control over the judiciary, which means that an attempt to prosecute the government will not be successful even if the evidence is clear. It is difficult to say whether Talha Ahsan will become another Stephen Lawrence if he dies in custody because Stephen Lawrence had plenty of media coverage whereas the British media will probably ignore Talha Ahsan.

    Gary McKinnon had his extradition blocked because of the Human Rights Act, Theresa May could and should have used the Human Rights Act to block Talha's extradition.

    This is guessing but I think there was some deal done behind closed doors that if the UK gives the US Talha Ahsan and Babar Ahmad then Gary McKinnon and Richard O'Dwyer will not be extradited.

    I also think that senior figures in the NAS know something about the Talha Ahsan case that is not in the public domain - and his family and lawyers may also not be aware of.

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  • ALADDIN said:
    I did not know a lot about the Babar Ahmad case until earlier this year, when Talha Ahsan had aspergers and Babar Ahmad gave an interview , showen on BBC Newsnight.

    The two cases are intertwined. The extradition request for Talha Ahsan came two years after that of Babar Ahmad and can only have come about as a result of some information bearing his name surfacing in the meantime. There are pointers that his name was mentioned by a prisoner in Guantanamo bay whilst being tortured.

    If he dies, the Government is in very serious trouble (especially Theresa May). The family can take the Government to Court, it will have repurcussions maybe like the murder of Stephen Lawrence. If the Government is sued the whole story will emerge.

    The family will try to take the government to court over the extradition but whether they will succeed in a prosecution is another matter. I am of the opinion that the extradition is a politically motivated attack where the executive has control over the judiciary, which means that an attempt to prosecute the government will not be successful even if the evidence is clear. It is difficult to say whether Talha Ahsan will become another Stephen Lawrence if he dies in custody because Stephen Lawrence had plenty of media coverage whereas the British media will probably ignore Talha Ahsan.

    Gary McKinnon had his extradition blocked because of the Human Rights Act, Theresa May could and should have used the Human Rights Act to block Talha's extradition.

    This is guessing but I think there was some deal done behind closed doors that if the UK gives the US Talha Ahsan and Babar Ahmad then Gary McKinnon and Richard O'Dwyer will not be extradited.

    I also think that senior figures in the NAS know something about the Talha Ahsan case that is not in the public domain - and his family and lawyers may also not be aware of.

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