Romania Ex Romanian minister to appear before extradition judges in Bulgaria after fleeing 6-year sentence Elena Udrea, a former Romanian minister, will appear before extradition judges today in Bulgaria after fleeing a 6-year sentence for bribery and abuse of office. Her final appeal was rejected by judges in Romania on Thursday, but she had already left the country, crossing into Bulgaria that morning. 09/04/2022
United Kingdom WikiLeaks founder Assange wins bid to appeal his extradition to the US Britain’s High Court ruled on Monday he could take his case to the UK Supreme Court. 24/01/2022
Spain Belgium to appeal against refusal to extradite Spanish rapper Valtònyc The musician was sentenced to more than three years in prison in Spain for writing song lyrics that praised the terrorist organisation ETA. 29/12/2021
United Kingdom 'Travesty of justice': Assange can be extradited to US, rules UK court The US government has provided guarantees that the Wikileaks founder will not be held in one of America's notoriously-violent 'supermax' prisons. 10/12/2021
United Kingdom US begins appeal against ruling not to extradite Julian Assange Washington's lawyers are hoping to extradite the WikiLeaks founder to face 18 charges relating to the release of 500,000 secret files from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. 27/10/2021
world news Scotland drops extradition proceedings against Catalan independentist A Scottish court has dropped the extradition case of Catalan separatist politician Clara Ponsatí, who is wanted by Spain for "sedition". 26/08/2021
United Kingdom US granted more grounds to appeal on Julian Assange extradition US lawyers appealed a British judge’s decision to block the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for his mental health. 11/08/2021
Spain McAfee's wife orders 'thorough investigation' into his death “His last words to me were ‘I love you and I will call you in the evening,’” Janice McAfee told reporters outside the Brians 2 prison 25/06/2021
Spain McAfee death: Judge orders autopsy after anti-virus software guru dies McAfee's Spanish lawyer, Javier Villalba, said the entrepreneur's death had come as a surprise to his wife and other relatives; "he had not said goodbye." 24/06/2021
France Malaysian police search for man linked to kidnapping of French girl France has issued an international arrest warrant for the suspect who allegedly helped organise eight-year-old Mia's abduction on April 13. 22/04/2021
Portugal 'Hell will freeze over first': Lithuania FM on Belarus extradition bid Belarus's exiled opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya has said she continues to feel safe in Lithuania and is confident she won't be extradited. 07/03/2021
USA US father and son extradited to Japan over Carlos Ghosn's escape Michael Taylor and his son, Peter Taylor, will be tried on charges that they smuggled Ghosn out of the country in 2019. 02/03/2021
United Kingdom Assange extradition hearing restarts in London after lockdown delay The Wikileaks founder is fighting against being extradited to the United States where he faces espionage charges. 07/09/2020
Netherlands Dutch court stops extraditions to Poland over rule of law concerns The Dutch court fears that recent changes to Polish law allowing for more disciplinary actions against judges mean "they can no longer be independent of the Polish government". 04/09/2020
China Hong Kong slams US decision to suspend extradition and tax treaties Hong Kong has faced mounting international pressure following Beijing's implementation of a national security law which has been viewed as an attack on the “one country, two systems” framework under which the city has been governed since its return to China in 1997. 20/08/2020
world news Chilean man to be flown to France to face murder charge The man is charged in France with the 2016 murder of 21-year-old Narumi Kurosaki. 23/07/2020
United Kingdom Hong Kong: UK suspends extradition treaty over security law Amid deteriorating relations with China, the UK's foreign minister announced a suspension of the country's extradition treaty with its former colony, Hong Kong. 20/07/2020
world news Australia ends Hong Kong extradition treaty, extends visas Australia ends Hong Kong extradition treaty, extends visas 09/07/2020
China Hong Kong police arrest democracy activists, including a media tycoon Hong Kong police have arrested at least 14 veteran pro-democracy lawmakers, activists and a media tycoon on charges of joining unlawful protests last year. 18/04/2020
Norway Norway extradite jihadist preacher to Italy despite COVID-19 concerns Mullah Krekar was convicted in Italy last year on terrorism charges. 27/03/2020
world news Germany refuses to extradite Pole under European arrest warrant The court ordered the release of the suspect and said it needed more information from the Polish judicial authorities. 09/03/2020
United Kingdom Protesters march for Assange Hundreds of protesters in London march for Assange to be released and for his extradition to be stopped 22/02/2020
United Kingdom UK to seek extradition of US woman after charging her with crash death Britain's prosecutors have authorised police to charge Anne Sacoolas with causing death by dangerous driving. 20/12/2019
China Pro-democracy demonstrators in Hong Kong mark six months of protests Protesters have expanded their demands to include an investigation into police brutality, setting protesters free, and universal suffrage. 08/12/2019
View Hong Kong protesters shouldn't pin hopes on outsiders to solve their impasse with Beijing ǀ View The decision by the US House of Representatives to pass legalisation tightening up the scrutiny of Hong Kong's autonomy from mainland China could mark a significant inflection point in the continuing impasse between the protestors there and the authorities in Beijing. 25/10/2019
United Kingdom Julian Assange appears in London court for extradition hearing WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange appeared in a London court on Monday for a hearing on whether he should be extradited to the United States to face spying charges. 21/10/2019
