EU Court blocks lovejacker’s extradition to Egypt after Cypriot Supreme Court clears him

Remember the lovejacker? The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) blocked Cypriot authorities from extraditing Seif Eddin Mustafa to Egypt until their investigators could examine the case, the Associated Press reports. Mustafa — who had hijacked a domestic EgyptAir flight in March 2016 using a fake suicide belt and diverted it to Cyprus — had been cleared for extradition by the Cypriot Supreme Court but the verdict was stayed so the ECHR “could rule on whether doing so would violate one of its articles prohibiting the return of individuals to countries where they may face torture or inhuman treatment.” Egypt’s extradition request was accepted in October 2016.