For the moment the case of Frederick Toben, arrested at Heathrow Airport by our boys and girsl in blue on German demand because the man is accused of being a Holocaust denier (and for all I know, he is but it is not a crime in this country), has been suspended. A London judge ruled yesterday that the European arrest warrant used to detain him for extradition earlier this month was invalid because ...
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BrugesGroupBlog on 2nd Nov 2008 (via brugesgroup.blogspot.com)
Last week we reported 33 year old Corinna Reid, formerly of Gilmour Street just off the Pleasance was in danger of extradition in relation to the death of her young child. A sheriff has now recommended extradition to the Scottish Government.
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SouthsideNewingtonNewsblog on 30th Jan 2009 (via cameronrose.blogspot.com)
Ian Norriis, former head of engineering group Morgan Crucible, has failed in his attempt to avoid extradition to the US after the Supreme Court dismissed his claim that extradition would breach his human rights
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FT on 24th Feb 2010 (via traxfer.ft.com)
Like the Natwest Three, the rejection of the computer hacker Gary McKinnon’s appeal against extradition to the US raises serious questions about the balance of Anglo-American extradition arrangements. It is hard not to sympathise with McKinnon, who suffers from Asperger’s Syndrome and now faces a bleak future, but if he is accused of hacking into US military files he should, under the ...
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Spectator on 31st Jul 2009 (via spectator.co.uk)
A British computer hacker at the centre of the biggest data breach in US government history will take his fight against extradition to the High Court in London.
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SkyNews on 9th Jun 2009 (via news.sky.com)
The Conservatives fail to force a review of extradition laws with the US, which they argue are unfair.
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BBCPolitics on 15th Jul 2009 (via news.bbc.co.uk)
It’s two-and-a-half years since Nick Clegg as Lib Dem leader publicly stood up on behalf of Gary McKinnon, a computer hacker wanted to by the US authorities under controversial extradition laws: The Americans are hell-bent on extradition and making an example of him. He was told if he sat back, pleaded guilty and said nothing
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LiberalDemocratVoice on 19th Nov 2011 (via libdemvoice.org)
I presume that in the wake of his arrest and ongoing extradition battle, the case of a certain Serbian alleged war criminal is sub judice, so I have edited down and altered names, facts, numbers and places in the following Press Association article, using alternatives plucked at random.Mugabe fights crimes extradition1 day agoFormer Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe is battling extradition from Zimb...
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Bearwatch on 24th Jul 2008 (via feeds.feedburner.com)
The UK's extradition arrangements with the US and the EU need to be overhauled to protect the rights of individuals, a committee of MPs and peers argues.
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BBCPolitics on 22nd Jun 2011 (via bbc.co.uk)
Retired businessman accused by the US government of conspiring to export batteries for use in hawk missiles fails to prevent extradition
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FT on 13th Jan 2012 (via ft.com)