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UK: UK-USA EXTRADITION TREATY: OFFICIAL REPORT: "A whitewash": A Review of the UK's extradition arrangements

01 October 2011

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UK: UK-USA EXTRADITION TREATY: OFFICIAL REPORT: "A whitewash": A Review of the UK's extradition arrangements (488 pages, pdf). See: Baker review says UK-US extradition treaty is fair to both sides and also backs controversial European arrest warrants (Guardian, link): "The £250,000 inquiry rejected demands from McKinnon's supporters and parliament's joint human rights committee, who wanted a "forum bar against extradition" that would have allowed British courts to block extradition if a significant part of the alleged offence took place in the UK... McKinnon's mother, Janis Sharp, called the report a whitewash and said it flew in the face of commitments from senior Lib Dem and Tory politicians before the election."

Critics of the Treaty say that British citizens facing extradition to the USA do not have the same rights as US citizens. The US only have to present a basic outline of the alleged offence, the possible sentences and a description of the person. While the UK have to present proof that the wanted person had probably committed the offence - a much higher level of proof.

See also: Statewatch Analysis: The new UK-US Extradition Treaty (pdf) and Thomas Hammarberg, Council of Europe Human Rights Commissioner: Call for wholesale review of EAWs (pdf)

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