Chris Tappin, Garry McKinnon, Ian Norris, Jeff-rey Tesler, Richard O’Dwyer, Babar Ahmad and Seyla Ahsan are all victims of the same problem: the UK-US Extradition Treaty.

British citizens accused of a crime allegedly commit-ted on British soil should be tried in Britain. Instead, British authorities (the Director of Public Prosec-ution) never saw any evidence in order to decide whether to prosecute, while some spurious connection to US servers suffice to send Britons to the US (as is the case with Mr O’Dwyer and Mr Ahmad). That is US universal juris-diction by the back door.

Most free email or cheap domain providers are based in the US. Tomorrow it could be you who unknow-ingly commits an offence in the US for an act that is lawful in Britain, as was the case for Mr Norris.

This is how far British sovereignty has been eroded. We are all unknow-ingly subject to foreign law.

I am appalled that the European Court of Human Rights came to the appalling decision to extradite Mr Ahmad and Mr Ahsan. They have now been in jail for eight years without charge. Had they been found guilty by a British court, they would now be free.

I support calls by Mr Babar’s family for a public inquiry into the CPS’s mishandling of evidence.

The extradition treaty must be torn up and all accused Britons should be tried in Britain.

Coun Salim Mulla, Chair of Lancashire Council of Mosques.