Ali Charaf Damache case opened on US terrorism charges

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Ali Charaf Damache’s US terrorism extradition case opened at the High Court in Dublin, reported on 25 November 2014. He objects to surrender on human-rights grounds, while the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission was granted permission to assist the court as amicus curiae.

The commission will address whether extradition could involve inhuman or degrading treatment, or a flagrant denial of justice. The extradition proceedings will be heard alongside judicial proceedings concerning whether the Director of Public Prosecutions had to explain its decision not to prosecute Damache in Ireland.