Hook-handed hate preacher Abu Hamza goes on hunger strike after whinging about prison cell

Hook-handed hatred preacher Abu Hamza has gone connected hunger onslaught aft whinging astir his US situation cell

Hook-handed hatred preacher Abu Hamza has gone connected hunger onslaught aft whinging astir his US situation cell.

The convicted terrorist demanded helium beryllium moved to a bigger pad, refusing to devour for "several weeks", saying his attraction was the "equivalent to torture". He was lone transferred erstwhile warders astatine Colorado's ADX Florence - America's lone supermax situation nicknamed the 'Alcatraz of the Rockies' - bowed to Hamza's demands. The details were contained successful hundreds of pages of caller grounds submitted to the Southern District Court successful New York, wherever the evil violent is demanding helium beryllium instantly acceptable escaped and returned to the UK connected the grounds of sick health.

The documents amusement the bellyaching ex-bouncer - known arsenic Mostafa Mostafa successful the US - has repeatedly gone connected hunger onslaught - earlier this twelvemonth and for 7 weeks starting successful October 2019. His lawyers told the justice overseeing his case: "Notwithstanding an bid from the warden connected January 21, 2021, aft a caller warden arrived successful ADX, successful aboriginal 2024, Mr Mostafa was forcibly returned to compartment 300. "After unsuccessfully reminding the unit of the anterior warden's bid that helium was to stay successful compartment 511, Mr Mostafa began a hunger strike.

"After respective weeks, the caller warden spoke with him, and it was agreed that if helium ended the hunger strike, helium would beryllium returned to compartment 511." His lawyers entered photographs of the 2 pads into grounds to "make evident the insufficiency of the accommodations created successful some cells." Diabetic and toothless Hamza's protestation is not the archetypal clip helium has refused each food.

In October 2019, the present 66-year-old - known arsenic captive #67495-054 - complained again astir his conditions, which helium claimed led to him being unit fed and assaulted by situation staff. "They said they are going to strap maine down 'very choky to the force-feeding seat and don't attraction if you defecate,'" helium wrote. Hamza's attraction present forms portion of his demands arsenic to wherefore helium should beryllium released backmost to London with contiguous effect contempt being sentenced to beingness successful situation for coercion offences.

The erstwhile Stringfellows bouncer claims helium has been denied by the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) due attraction for his overgrown toenails, has hardly immoderate teeth near and has been rejected prosthetics for his limb stumps each portion helium remained nether 'special administrative measures' successful solitary confinement for 12 years.

In arguing for his contiguous release, his lawyers, who impeach the American authorities of lying to the British courts to person Hamza extradited from the UK, write: "Taken arsenic a whole, the conditions forced upon Mr Mostafa are equivalent to torture and person nary spot successful our strategy of justice. Enough is enough. Since ADX Florence has proven that it cannot accommodate Mr Mostafa's aesculapian needs, helium should person agelong agone been redesignated to a Federal Medical Centre."

"In airy of the BOP's nonaccomplishment oregon unwillingness to bash so, coupled with the bonzer and compelling harm that helium has befallen arsenic we effect of the BOP's indifference and/or incompetence, Defendant Mostafa Kamel Mostafa should either beryllium instantly released oregon should person his word of imprisonment reduced to bespeak the cruel and antithetic punishment that helium has truthful uniquely endured."

Hamza was convicted successful 2015 successful New York implicit his relation successful the 1998 kidnapping successful Yemen of 16 overseas tourists, of whom 4 were killed, and of conspiring to acceptable up a militant grooming campy successful Bly, Oregon, successful precocious 1999. He was besides recovered blameworthy of providing worldly enactment to bin Laden's panic network, wanting to acceptable up a machine laboratory for the Taliban and sending recruits for panic grooming successful Afghanistan. At his sentencing, helium was told helium would dice down bars by the judge.