Civil rights group praise May's handling of Qatada case

Since the Court of Human Rights ruled that Abu Qatada should not be sent to Jordan for a trial based on torture, the Home Secretary faced many calls to deport him and flout the law. Shame on them.

She has not courted popularity by doing this and has recognised there will be new legal scrutiny of the latest assurances that she has obtained from that country. Credit must go where it is due and it is due to the Home Secretary today.

We don't always agree on the application of human rights but she seems to understand that if the Government does not respect the rule of law, why should anyone else?