A European court on Monday ruled that radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza can be extradited from Great Britain to the United States , where he faces a host of terrorism charges . The European Human Rights Court issued its ruling , clearing the way for Hamza 's extradition . This means that he can now be moved to the United States , though no date has been set . Hamza faces 11 charges in U.S. courts , including conspiracy in connection with a 1998 kidnapping of 16 Westerners in Yemen and conspiring with others to establish an Islamic jihad training camp in rural Oregon in 1999 . Read more about the Abu Hamza story . The cleric is one of the highest-profile radical Islamic figures in Britian , where he was already sentenced to seven years for inciting racial hatred at his north London mosque and other terrorism-related charges . The Egyptian-born Hamza -- who is also known as Mustafa Kamal Mustafa -- has previously denied wrongdoing , saying , `` They have no evidence against me whatsoever apart from me trying basically to open the people 's eyes about certain principles . '' Monday 's decision , which was signed by seven judges from different European nations , follows a ruling this spring in which the same court likewise said that Hamza and four other terror suspects could be extradited . The court determined , then and now , that the suspects would not get `` ill treatment '' in super-maximum security prisons if they are extradited to the United States and convicted in American courts , according to the European court 's decision Monday . That ruling noted that conditions in such U.S. prisons were in some ways better for inmates than in Europe , given that they 'd have access to things like television , newspapers , social visits and hobby-related items . It acknowledged the prisoners may be confined in their cells most of the time , but said this is warranted given the charges they face . `` As concerned ... restrictive conditions and lack of human contact , the court found that , if the applicants were convicted as charged , the U.S. authorities would be justified in considering them a significant security risk and in imposing strict limitations on their ability to communicate with the outside world , '' the court ruled . The British Home Office issued a statement Monday saying it `` welcomes '' Monday 's decision , which also affects several others wanted in the United States . `` We will work to ensure that the individuals are handed over to the U.S. authorities as quickly as possible , '' the office said in its statement . The U.S. Justice Department , through spokesman Dean Boyd , similarly applauded the European Human Rights Court 's ruling . `` We are pleased that the litigation before the European Court of Human Rights in these cases has come to an end , and we will be working with the UK authorities on the arrangements to bring these subjects to the United States for prosecution , '' Boyd said . In addition to Hamza , the four others who can now be extradited to the United States are Syed Thala Ahsan , Adel Abdul Bary , Khaled Al-Fawwaz and Babar Ahmad . The court earlier this year delayed its decision on a sixth suspect , Haroon Rashid Aswat , so that further information could be provided regarding his mental health issues . U.S. authorities allege Aswat -- who suffers from schizophrenia , according to court documents , and is now held in Broadmoor Hospital , a high-security psychiatric facility situated 65 kilometers ( 40 miles ) west of London -- was Hamza 's co-conspirator . All six men were indicted in the United States on various charges between 1999 and 2006 , after which they were arrested in the United Kingdom . Ahmad , for one , is accused of providing material support to terrorists , conspiracy and money laundering . If convicted , he could face a life prison-sentence . The U.S. indictment against Ahmad accuses him of conspiring to provide support to terrorists , including helping to ship gas masks to the Taliban and using U.S.-based websites to raise money for Chechen leader Shamil Basayev . Basayev claimed responsibility for the Beslan school massacre in Russia in 2004 , two years before he was killed by Russian agents . Two men who can now be extradited -- Al-Fawwaz and Bary were among more than 20 people indicted ( with late al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden among them ) -- are charged in connection with the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Nairobi , Kenya , and Dar es Salaam , Tanzania . Bary , for one , could be sentenced to 269 mandatory life sentences if convicted on murder charges tied with the blasts . The other four men who can now be extradited could `` face discretionary life sentences '' -- which they argue would be unfair -- the European court said . `` The court did not consider that these sentences were grossly disproportionate or amounted to inhuman or degrading treatment , '' the court said .
Radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza faces 11 terrorism-related charges in the United States . He 'd challenged efforts to extradite him from Britain , but a European court rules against him . Score: 6 The U.S. is `` pleased '' and will work to extradite the 5 terror suspects , a spokesman says .