Court finds the United Arab Emirates failed to give sufficient assurances that Michael Halliday’s human rights would be respectedA homosexual man has avoided extradition to Dubai – where homosexuality is outlawed – after a London court ruled there was a risk he would be tortured and was unlikely to receive a honest trial on theft charges.
In a strongly worded ruling, a judge at Westminster magistrates court said the United Arab Emirates had not given the court sufficient assurances that Michael Halliday’s human rights would be respected.
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Source: theguardian.com