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The High Court ordered the surrender of a man to authorities in Northern Ireland on foot of a Trade and Co-Operation Agreement warrant for prosecution on charges including cultivation and possession of cannabis as well as dishonest use of electricity. The respondent objected, claiming a real risk of inhuman or degrading treatment if surrendered, especially regarding his ability to practice his Islamic faith in prison, and also argued that surrender would disproportionately interfere with his family and private life. The court dismissed these objections, finding no objective evidence that his religious rights would not be respected in Northern Ireland prisons, and no exceptional circumstances in his family situation that would bar surrender. The application for surrender was therefore granted.
extradition – Trade and Co-Operation Agreement warrant (TCAW) – surrender application – right to practice religion – Islamic faith in detention – family and private life – inhuman or degrading treatment – cultivation of cannabis – dishonest use of electricity – European Convention on Human Rights – s. 37 European Arrest Warrant Act 2003 – Maghaberry Prison – Northern Ireland prison law – proportionality – threshold for exceptional hardship
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