Talha Ahsan
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Talha Ahsan is a Pakistani born citizen of the United Kingdom who has been the subject of controversy after the United States charged him with terrorism related offenses and requested his extradition.[1][2] Ahsan and Babar Ahmad are alleged to have run an internet website which hosted terrorism related videos. American security officials assert that since the internet servers the pair used were physically located in the USA they were subject to US anti-terrorism laws.
United Kingdom authorities arrested Ahsan in 2006.[1][2] The men challenged their extradition, all the way up to the European High Court of Justice.
A documentary about the legal battles to fight extradition was released in 2012.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Briton held on US terror charge". BBC News. 2006-07-19. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/5196382.stm. Retrieved 2012-07-04. "Officers arrested Syed Talha Ahsan, 26, at his home in Tooting on a federal indictment from the district attorney of the state of Connecticut. Authorities there said an internet server based in the state was used."
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Terror suspect Talha Ahsan's family fear US extradition". BBC News. 2012-04-08. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-17651636. Retrieved 2012-07-04. "Mr Ahsan is accused in the same case as Babar Ahmad, also from Tooting and also fighting extradition. US prosecutors allege the pair ran a jihadi website from London but hosted it on American internet service providers. It is claimed they used the now defunct site - Azzam Publications - to upload extremist videos, raise funds for the Taliban and insurgents in Chechnya."
- ↑ Andy Worthington (2012-07-03). "Talha Ahsan and Babar Ahmad: “Extradition” Film Screenings in London, and an Appeal to the European Court of Human Rights". http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/tag/talha-ahsan/. Retrieved 2012-07-04. "As part of the campaign to prevent the extradition to the US of Talha Ahsan and Babar Ahmad — who, along with others, including Richard O’Dwyer and Gary McKinnon — face extradition to the US under the terms of the much-criticised US-UK Extradition Treaty, Talha’s brother Hamja has been working flat-out to promote a new documentary film, “Extradition,” which tells the stories of his brother and of Babar Ahmad, with screenings up and down the country. Directed by Turab Shah, the film features interviews with the human rights lawyer Gareth Peirce, the playwright Avaes Mohammad, the fathers of Babar and Talha, and Talha’s brother Hamja, all framed by Talha’s prison poetry."
