CEDH · PRESS;GENERAL;ENG — 19 février 2009

.s800EAC49 { font-size:12pt } .sFE10DC93 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center } .s29100277 { font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold } .s40F41F73 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:right } .s538D183F { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:24pt; text-align:center } .s2E4C7733 { margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:5pt; text-align:center } .s9AE6264A { margin-top:5pt; margin-bottom:0pt } .sBB9EE52A { font-family:Arial } .s32563E28 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt } .s7ED160F0 { text-decoration:none } .s3DC36BA9 { font-family:Arial; text-decoration:underline; color:#0069d6 } .sCB9E0544 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:left } .sC7EAD8B { font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline } .s4DDA3AA3 { font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold; font-style:italic } .sA36B60A1 { font-family:Arial; font-style:italic } EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS   131 19.2.2009   Press release issued by the Registrar European Court of Human Rights   grants   request for interim measures by Omar Othman (Abu Qatada)     On 11 February 2009, Omar Othman (Abu Qatada) lodged an application with the European Court of Human Rights (application no.   8139/09). He complains principally that, notwithstanding assurances to the contrary from the Jordanian Government, if deported to that country he is at real risk of being subjected to ill-treatment in breach of Article 3 (prohibition of torture and inhuman and degrading treatment) of the European Convention on Human Rights and flagrant breaches of Articles 5 (right to liberty and security) and 6 (right to a fair trial) of   the Convention.   On 18 February 2009 Mr Othman sought interim measures under Rule 39 of the Rules of Court to prevent his deportation to Jordan while the Court considered his application. On 19   February 2009,   the   Acting President of the Chamber to which the case has been allocated decided, in the interests of the parties and the proper conduct of the proceedings before the Court, to indicate to the Government of the United Kingdom, under Rule 39 of the Rules of Court, that the applicant should not be deported to Jordan until the Court has given due consideration to the matter.   Under Rule 39 of the Rules of Court the Court may indicate to the parties any interim measure which it considers should be adopted in the interests of the parties or of the proper conduct of the proceedings before it.   The parties have been told that they will receive further procedural instructions in the very near future.   ***   Further information about the Court can be found on its Internet site ( http://www.echr.coe.int ).   Press contacts Stefano Piedimonte (telephone : 00 33 (0)3 90 21 42 04) Tracey Turner-Tretz (telephone : 00 33 (0)3 88 41 35 30) Paramy Chanthalangsy (telephone : 00 33 (0)3 88 41 28 30) Kristina Pencheva-Malinowski (telephone : 00 33 (0)3 88 41 35 70) Céline Menu-Lange (telephone : 00 33 (0)3 90 21 58 77)   The European Court of Human Rights was set up in Strasbourg by the Council of Europe Member States in 1959 to deal with alleged violations of the 1950 European Convention on Human Rights.