Soccer player Hakeem al-Araibi, a citizen of Bahrain who was sentenced in Thailand and faced being sent back to his native country, where he said he would be jailed and tortured, was released. He was then able to go back to Australia, where he plays in a team in Melbourne and has refugee […]
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Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said the United States was “working on” extraditing Fethullah Gulen, the Muslim religious leader who is wanted in Turkey on charges that he instigated a failed coup that occurred in 2016. Mr. Gulen has lived in self-imposed exile in Pennsylvania since the 1990s. Mr. Cavusoglu said that, during […]
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Lauri Love, who was accused of launching cyber attacks on targets such as the FBI, the US army, Nasa and the Department of Defence, will not be extradited to the USA. The High Court indeed ruled that he should be tried in Britain, as he suffered severe mental illness and could kill himself […]
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Since December 1, 2018, Meng Wanzhou, a top executive of the Chinese company Huawei, also daughter of the founder, has been detained in Vancouver upon request of American authorities, prompting a diplomatic struggle between China and U.S.A. Ms. Meng’s counsels asked to grant her bail while she awaits a decision on whether she will be […]
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The new judicial assistance treaty between Italy and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) approved by the Senate on October 3, 2018, will allow Italy to ask for the extradition of ”at least nine people wanted by the Italian judiciary” on charges including mafia association, money laundering, drug trafficking and tax […]
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The Uzbek citizens Mamatkulov and Askarov, members of the ERK “Freedom Party”, an opposition party in Uzbekistan, lodged two applications at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) against Turkey by relying on Art. 2, 3 and 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). Mr. Mamatkulov was arrested by Turkish police […]
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Navinder Singh Sarao pleaded guilty to wire fraud and spoofing after being extradited to the U.S.A. to face federal charges related to his role in the 2010 Wall Street flash crash. The British trader was sent to the U.S.A. after losing a High Court challenge against a decision to extradite […]
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Italy granted a last-minute pardon to the former CIA officer who was about to become the first intelligence official to face jail in connection to crimes committed during George W Bush’s “war on terror”. Sabrina de Sousa, convicted in absentia in 2009 for taking part in the extraordinary rendition of Abu […]
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French national Marie Emmanuelle Verhoeven “may be allowed to return to her family and friends in France” after the French Embassy in Delhi claimed Ms. Verhoeven “is suffering from various mental and physical medical problems.” Ms. Verhoeven, a member of the Latin American Economic and Social Committee, allegedly took part in the […]
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In October 2018, the High Court Judge Eve Luswata ordered prosecution to serve the defence counsels with further documents from the Kisitu chief magistrates court in Dar es Salaam- Tanzania, before commencement of pre-committal proceedings of former Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) Leader Jamiru Mukulu. This followed Defense lawyer’s submission to […]
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