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European Court: Britain Can Send Terror Suspects to U.S.

HeadlineApr 10, 2012

The European Court of Human Rights has ruled Britain can send five suspects to the United States to face terrorism charges. Lawyers for the suspects had argued their human rights could be breached if they were convicted in the United States, but the court decided that sending the men to high-security U.S. prisons would be lawful and that they would not receive “inhuman and degrading treatment.”

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