I've been following the story of Barbar Ahmed and Talha Ahsan for a while now, and have even met Barbar's dad on a few occasions. For those of you who don't know, Talha Ahsan is a British-born poet and writer with Asperger syndrome facing extradition to America. Babar Ahmad is a 38 year old British Muslim and the longest detained-without-charge British detainee held as part of the global ‘war on terror’. In December 2003 Babar was arrested at his London home under anti-terror legislation. By the time he reached the police station Babar had sustained at least 73 forensically recorded injuries. Six days later he was released without charge. In August 2004 Babar was re-arrested in London and taken to prison pursuant to an extradition request from the US under the controversial, no-evidence-required, Extradition Act 2003. The US has alleged that in the 1990s Babar was a supporter of “terrorism”. Babar denies any involvement in terrorism. He has now been in prison for more than seven years even though he has not been charged in the UK, despite 141,000 British citizens signing a petition to put him on trial in the UK.
For more info: http://www.freebabarahmad.com/ http://freetalha.org/
For more info: http://www.freebabarahmad.com/ http://freetalha.org/
