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Britain

IS jihadis, wannabe suicide bombers and a machine gun killer: Britain banned from deporting 53 foreign terrorists as European judges say it would breach their human rights

2023-02-12

[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]

A shocking dossier shows 53 terrorists remain in the UK because of the ECHR

Critics have said it is proof the ECHR is 'out of date' and not fit for purpose

Murderers, bomb plotters and would-be suicide bombers are among 53 foreign terrorists whose deportation is being blocked by European human rights laws, a Mail on Sunday investigation today reveals.

In one extraordinary case, an Islamic State member from Bangladesh who was jailed for attempting to recruit new members in Birmingham has successfully blocked his deportation because he would lose access to free NHS healthcare.

Another terrorist, an Iranian who had ingredients for a bomb in his garage in Surrey, has managed to stay in Britain by claiming he suffers from depression.

The dangerous extremists have all been convicted of serious terror offences but most are living in the community at taxpayers' expense.

Among the terrorists whose deportations have been blocked under European human rights laws are:

Fahad Mihyi,

...he was PFLP, back when Palestinians still were, and got four life sentences for this little project. Life sentences are much shorter in the new millennium...
who murdered one woman and wounded nine other victims using a sub-machine gun and hand grenades in an attack on a bus carrying Israeli El Al air crew in Central London in 1978. The Palestinian militant was jailed for life but released in 2005;

Shah Rahman, a Bangladeshi Al Qaeda terrorist jailed in 2012 for plotting to bomb the London Stock Exchange. A hand-written target list found at his home gave the names and addresses of then London Mayor Boris Johnson, two rabbis and the US ambassador;

Ahmed Alsyed, a Sudanese extremist who was jailed for four- and-a-half years in 2018 for preparing for acts of terrorism and had his 'heart set' on joining Islamic State. He was freed after just 19 months, despite objections from the Home Office;

Mourad Mosdefaoui, a recruiter who lured youngsters to Islamic State on social media, who was jailed for two years in 2015. His asylum claims have been refused but he cannot be deported, after arguing that being returned to Algeria may breach his human rights.

Wahbi Mohammed, who helped plan the failed July 21, 2005 bombings in London, an attempt to replicate the 7/7 bomb attacks which killed 52 two weeks earlier. The Somalian was jailed for 17 years, reduced to 13 on appeal. He cannot be deported after arguing that he may face inhumane treatment in his native country.

Ismail Abdurahman, a Somalian who also helped the 21/7 bombers. He was jailed for ten years in 2008, reduced to eight on appeal, for assisting an offender and four counts of having terrorist information. He has successfully argued that his human rights may be breached if he is returned to Somalia.

Politicians and lawyers critical of the ECHR, developed after the Second World War to prevent atrocities such as the Holocaust, say it is no longer fit for purpose in an era of mass migration, litigation and lone-wolf terrorism.

The three sections most commonly used by terrorists facing deportation are Article 3, which prohibits torture and inhumane treatment; Article 5, the right to liberty and security; and Article 8, the right to private and family life.

The new UK Bill of Rights going through Parliament may allow judges to ignore parts of the ECHR when dealing with terrorist deportations.

Security analyst Dr Rakib Ehsan conducted a study for the Henry Jackson Society think-tank, which concluded that failing to deport foreign terrorists 'poses a fundamental threat to British national security'.

After seeing The Mail on Sunday's shocking dossier, he said: 'This shows that our current laws are simply not fit for purpose.

'Article 3 was a response to the horrors of Nazism. It is appalling that it is now being exploited by foreign terrorists to remain in Britain – including those who have been linked to terror groups such as IS and Al Qaeda.

'Having a country of origin with substandard healthcare and mental health services compared with the NHS should not be used by foreign terrorists to block deportation.'

Posted by:Skidmark

#3 EU membership is a suicide pact.

Posted by: Super Hose 2023-02-12 12:44

#2 It violates everyone else's human rights for them to remain.

Posted by: Procopius2k 2023-02-12 09:56

#1 So much for Brexit..

Posted by: Warthog 2023-02-12 08:36

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