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Briton 'may face execution' for running
website
London
Guardian | March 4 2005
A British terrorist suspect could face the
death penalty or imprisonment in Guantánamo Bay if he is extradited
to the US, his lawyers said yesterday.
The US authorities want to try Babar Ahmad,
30, from Tooting, south-west London, for allegedly running websites and
sending emails to raise money for the fighting in Chechnya and Afghanistan.
The extradition hearing at Bow Street magistrates court,
central London, was adjourned to give US government lawyers more time to
assess whether there was a risk that he could be put into military detention,
where he could face the death penalty.
Thomas Loflin, a US civil rights lawyer and expert witness
for the defence, said there was no stipulation in the extradition treaty
that Mr Ahmad had to be tried in a civilian court, or as to where he would
be detained.
John Hardy, for the US government, did not concede that
transfer to a military jurisdiction would necessarily amount to a denial
of a fair trial, but accepted the defence argument that if Mr Ahmad were
transferred to a military jurisdiction there was no apparent bar to the
death penalty or transfer to a third state.
The unprecedented nature of the case meant he needed more
time to consult on the issues.
Senior district judge Timothy Workman ordered a remand
and review hearing on March 24, with the full extradition case to continue
on April 18.
