Abu Qatada arrested ahead of fresh deportation attempt
Source: The Guardian
Radical Islamist cleric to face renewed proceedings to deport him to Jordan after UK Border Agency raid on London address
Alan Travis, home affairs editor
guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 17 April 2012 13.18 BST
The radical Islamist preacher Abu Qatada has been arrested at his London address and told that a fresh attempt is to be made to deport him.
He is expected to appear before Britain's anti-terrorism court, the special immigration appeals commission, in London on Tuesday afternoon to face new deportation proceedings and Home Office demands that he be returned to Long Lartin maximum security prison in the meantime.
UK Border Agency officers arrived on Tuesday morning at the north London home where Qatada has been living under highly restrictive bail conditions, including a 22-hour curfew. The move came just hours before the home secretary, Theresa May, was due to report to MPs on progress in securing a "no torture evidence" deal with the Jordanian authorities to enable him to be sent back there. May was also set to confirm that she would not appeal against the European court of human rights ruling that blocked Qatada's deportation.
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