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Home Office response to Abu Qatada deportation ruling

A Home Office spokesperson today announced:

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皇冠体育app government strongly disagrees with this ruling. We have obtained assurances not just in relation to the treatment of Qatada himself, but about the quality of the legal processes that would be followed throughout his trial. Indeed, today鈥檚 ruling found that 鈥渢he Jordanian judiciary, like their executive counterparts, are determined to ensure that the appellant will receive, and be seen to receive, a fair retrial.鈥澛燱e will therefore seek leave to appeal today鈥檚 decision.

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Published 12 November 2012