Bahraini national convicted of terrorism extradited from Serbia

A Bahraini man convicted of “terrorism-related offences” has been extradited from Serbia following an Interpol Red Notice issued at Manama’s request, the interior ministry said Tuesday.

According to the London-based Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD), Ahmed Jaffar Mohammed Ali was extradited Monday under the international arrest request dating back to 2015, despite a European Court of Human Rights ruling he not be sent home pending further investigation.

BIRD cited the Strasbourg-based court as saying Ali should not be extradited before February 25 to give it time to examine “possible risks of torture and/or ill-treatment that the applicant would face if extradited to Bahrain”.

Bahrain’s interior ministry said the 49-year-old was extradited “after coordination and communication with a friendly country”.

He has been handed three life sentences in absentia and an additional 10 years in prison for “terrorism-related offences between 2012 and 2015, including murder, and manufacturing and possessing explosives”, it said.

The ministry said Ali had previously been a “fugitive” in Iran.

Source: Al Araby