Iraqi Islamist leader sues Norway over human rights

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OSLO (AFP) — Mullah Krekar, founder of radical Islamist group Ansar al-Islam, has filed charges with Europe's human rights court against Norway, where he lives, for "inhuman treatment," his lawyer said Tuesday.

"We lodged a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg in April," Brynjar Meling told AFP, confirming a report in the Verdens Gang daily. "The complaint is currently being handled," he added.

Kurdish-born Krekar has lived in Norway as a refugee since 1991, but has been under threat of deportation since Norwegian media revealed he was the founder of Ansar al-Islam, which figures on the United States' list of terrorist groups.

Norway's Supreme Court on November 8 upheld previous court rulings and a 2003 decision by Norwegian...