Latest Extradition News
An anti-whaling activist will stay in detention in Greenland while Japan seeks extradition
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A court in Greenland ruled Wednesday that anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson must remain in detention until Oct. 23 while Denmark’s Justice Ministry decides whether to approve his extradition to Japan. It was unclear when Denmark will decide whether...
Thai court orders extradition of Vietnam activist who rights groups say will be at risk if returned
BANGKOK (AP) — A Thai court on Monday ordered the extradition of a 32-year-old Vietnamese activist detained in Bangkok, despite fears among rights groups he could be at risk if sent home. The Bangkok Criminal Court granted Vietnam's request for the extradition of Y Quynh Bdap, who...
Son accused of killing father, stepmother, stepbrother will be extradited
A New York man accused of killing his father, stepmother and stepbrother in Vermont earlier this month appeared in court in Lake George on Thursday and waived having an extradition hearing, according to the district attorney. Brian Crossman Jr., 23, of Granville, New York, faces t...
Alleged Hezbollah financier pleads guilty to conspiracy charge
NEW YORK (AP) — A Lebanese and Belgian citizen labeled by U.S. Authorities as a “global terrorist” and a major Hezbollah financer pleaded guilty Friday to conspiring to cause a U.S. individual to unlawfully transact with him. Mohammad Ibrahim Bazzi, 60, labeled a “Specially...
Guinea's most wanted fugitive extradited from Liberia
CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Guinea's most wanted fugitive, a former senior military officer convicted of crimes against humanity over a 2009 stadium massacre, has been extradited from neighboring Liberia, officials said Thursday. Former Col. Claude Pivi had been on the run following a...
A Belarus government critic appeals to the Serbian president against his extradition
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — A prominent Belarus filmmaker and a critic of Minsk's authoritarian government handed a letter to the Serbian presidency signed by hundreds of artists on Monday, appealing against his extradition to his home country where he says he could be tortured and killed. ...
Serbian appeals court overturns ruling to extradite to Belarus a critic of its authoritarian regime
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — An appeals court in Serbia on Wednesday overturned an earlier court ruling that a prominent critic of the authoritarian government in Belarus should be extradited to that country, and said that the case must be retried. Serbian authorities arrested...
Belarusians fleeing repression at home say they face new threats and intimidation abroad
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — More than a half-million Belarusians have fled their country in the past four years as the authoritarian government launched a harsh crackdown on its political opponents. Some of them, however, are discovering that they can't escape intimidation and threats in their new...
An American woman accused of killing 2 of her children fights extradition in a London court
LONDON (AP) — An American woman accused of killing her two youngest children in Colorado last December told her 11-year-old daughter who survived the attack that God made her do it, a prosecutor said in a London court. The girl begged for her life after Kimberlee Singler stabbed...
Hondurans disillusioned with leader amid scandal and end to US extradition treaty
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — An incriminating admission by the brother-in-law of Honduras' president just days after the country announced it would end its longstanding extradition treaty with the U.S. is feeding fears among Hondurans that the country's legacy of corruption is continuing. ...
