UPDATE: Europe not expected to decide before 21st August 2008 (04/08/08)

UPDATE: High Court rules in favour of the CPS for no trial in the UK (10/04/08)

NEW: Statement in response to Rose Inquiry report released today (21/02/08)

NEW: Babar has been moved to HMP Long Lartin (04/10/07)

5,135 People Signed the Online Petition Supporting Babar Ahmad (04/10/07)

"Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free."

The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

Press Release: IPCC Report into Babar Ahmad's Complaints a "Whitewash" (08.02.07)

Sadiq Khan, MP for Tooting, speaks out for Babar during Emergency Extradition Debate (click here for text of the debate) (12/07/06)

Click here to watch the BBC News clip about Babar's High Court hearing (11/07/06)

New Damning Report Linking Flawed Extradition Policy to Radicalising British Youth (published 23/06/06)

Click here to download the pdf version of the report

Click here to view the Executive Summary of the report

An outstanding 167 MPs have signed EDM 241 in Parliament, calling for the Extradition Treaty 2003 to be urgently reviewed (Updated 06/02/07)

Click here to see if your MP has supported EDM 241

Babar's father Ashfaq Ahmad Campaigning for his release

Background

Babar Ahmad is a British citizen who was born and brought up in South London.

In December 2003 he was arrested by Anti-Terrorist Police who broke into his house in a pre-dawn raid. He was then brutally assaulted in front of his wife. He sustained over 50 injuries to his body, two of which were life-threatening. During this attack Babar was placed in the prayer position and asked, "Where is your God now?"

After six days of intensive investigation he was released WITHOUT CHARGE.

Babar filed a complaint against the police officers who assaulted him. Despite photographic evidence of his injuries, independent medical reports and eye-witness statements, the Crown Prosecution Service decided that there was "insufficient evidence" to prosecute any of the officers involved.

On 5th August 2004 Babar was re-arrested on an Extradition Warrant from the United States of America. He is currently held as a British Political Prisoner at Woodhill Prison, Milton Keynes awaiting Extradition proceedings to commence in November 2004.

These are the allegations now made against him.

The Objectives of this Website

Since his re-arrest Babar has been demonised in much of the media. In Terrorism cases, the notion of "guilty until proven innocent" is commonly applied and only one side of the story is portrayed.

This website is run predominantly by Babar's family to fulfil the following objectives:

1) To act as an information resource providing case facts, excerpts of legal documents and medical reports, photographs and news relating to the case.

2) To humanise Babar Ahmad and to show him as a normal, professional and kind human being rather than a "terrorist".

3) To enable the public to form a more balanced and fair opinion on the case of Babar Ahmad.

Under the Extradition Act 2003 Babar cannot challenge any of the "evidence" against him in a British Court of Law. As a British Citizen, he should be entitled to an open fair trial in the UK. If he is extradited to the US, he will face the same Human and Civil Rights abuses that many experience at the hands of the US Government.

This website also contains information regarding the current UK Anti-Terrorism Laws and how they affect Civil Liberties.

Campaign Supported by:

Stop Political Terror, Muslim Council of Britain, Islamic Human Rights' Commission, Campaign Against Criminalising of Communities, Imperial College Students' Union, Liberty, Muslim Association of Britain, The 1990 Trust, Respect, Islamic Shariah Council of Great Britain, Stop the War Coalition, and many more organisations and individuals.

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