Nina Jacobson was born in 1965.
Syed Talha Ahsan is a British poet and translator .. British. British nationality law. He is winner of the Platinum and Bronze Koestler Awards 2012 for his poetry .. He was arrested at his family home in London , UK on 19 July 2006 in response to a request from the USA under the US-UK Extradition Act 2003 , and detained without trial or charge over 6 years before his extradition to the United States on 5 October 2012 .. London. London. United States. United States. He was accused of associations with an allegedly terrorism-related Islamic news media website and London-based publishing house from 1997-2004 about Bosnia , the Chechen Independence War and Afghanistan Islamic Emirate government .. London. London. On 10 December 2013 , in U.S. District Court in New Haven , Connecticut he entered into a plea-bargain with the US Government prosecutor to charges of conspiracy to provide and providing material support for militants in Chechnya & Afghanistan .. plea-bargain. plea-bargain. material support. material support. All other charges were dismissed .. The length of Talha 's detention without trial or charge is among the longest in British legal history .. British. British nationality law. He is also the translator of a tenth-century Arabic poem , Above the Dust , by Syrian Abu Firas Al-Hamdani , on his captivity in Byzantium .. The Talha Ahsan extradition case raised controversy due to comparison with the treatment of Gary McKinnon , whose extradition - which was expected to be 10 days after Ahsan 's - was stalled after a medical diagnosis of Asperger syndrome and associative risks , similar to a diagnosis given to Ahsan .. Gary McKinnon. Gary McKinnon. Asperger syndrome. Asperger syndrome. This has led to accusations from mainstream UK media , Human Rights NGOs as well as religious groups of a racist double standard within Conservative Home Secretary Theresa May 's application of the law .. Theresa May. Theresa May. After being detained without trial for six years , with appeals to the European Court of Human Rights , the House of Lords and the UK High Court , Ahsan was extradited from the UK to the USA on 5 October 2012 , where he initially pleaded not guilty to all charges against him at a federal district court hearing in New Haven , Connecticut .. European Court of Human Rights. European Court of Human Rights. House of Lords. House of Lords. UK High Court. UK High Court. He was held while awaiting trial in solitary confinement at the Northern Correctional Institution , a Supermax state prison in Somers , Connecticut , United States .. solitary confinement. solitary confinement. Northern Correctional Institution. Northern Correctional Institution. Supermax. Supermax prison. United States. United States. His US trial proceedings began in October 2013 .. On 10 December 2013 , he changed his plea to guilty to the charge of providing material support to terrorists .. material support. material support. An international campaign led by Talha 's brother Hamja Ahsan was formed to halt his extradition to the USA and have him tried in the UK - on the basis that this is where he was present during the period of the allegation .. Hamja Ahsan. Hamja Ahsan. This was supported by a wide coalition of figures including Noam Chomsky , Robert Hillary King -LRB- Angola Three -RRB- , A.L. Kennedy , Stop the War , Bruce Kent , Plaid Cymru , his MP and Labour cabinet member Sadiq Khan , Caroline Lucas MP , Gerry Conlon , Muslim Council of Britain , actor Riz Ahmed and former extradited Britons David Bermingham and Gary Mulgrew of the Natwest 3 .. Noam Chomsky. Noam Chomsky. Robert Hillary King. Robert Hillary King. Angola Three. Angola Three. A.L. Kennedy. A.L. Kennedy. Stop the War. Stop the War. Bruce Kent. Bruce Kent. Plaid Cymru. Plaid Cymru. Sadiq Khan. Sadiq Khan. Caroline Lucas. Caroline Lucas. Gerry Conlon. Gerry Conlon. Muslim Council of Britain. Muslim Council of Britain. Riz Ahmed. Riz Ahmed. Natwest 3. Natwest 3. The family-run campaign continues around issues of solitary confinement and reforming extradition law , with the aim of repatriating Talha to the UK .. solitary confinement. solitary confinement. The campaign also curates events around prison literature , especially poetry .. The Free Talha Ahsan family campaign was short-listed for a Liberty -LRB- pressure group -RRB- Human Rights Award 2013 , described as `` creative and innovative campaign '' and in its use of art , poetry , film and music to bring the issue of summary extradition to wider public and political attention described as `` inspiring '' .