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Brussels 'must stop EU-based Russians being extradited home'

Bulgarian MEP Radan Kanev made the plea over the case of Alexey Alchin, who burned his Russian passport in protest at the Ukraine war and is now wanted on tax evasion charges back home.

USA

US lawyers sue CIA for allegedly spying on Julian Assange

The US intelligence agency is accused of recording lawyers' conversations with Assange and copying the data on their mobile devices.

France

French court rejects extradition requests for 10 Italian Red Brigades

The case. which saw President Emmanuel Macron go against the so-called Mitterand doctrine, has poisoned relations between Rome and Paris for 40 years.

United Kingdom

Family of Julian Assange vow to fight UK extradition order

The brother and wife of the WikiLeaks founder said Friday they will explore all avenues to block the UK ruling.

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Belgium

Belgian court rules out extradition for Spanish rapper Valtònyc

The musician has been living in exile since 2018 and faces more than three years in prison in Spain.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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".

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.

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

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."

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.

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.

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.

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.

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".

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.