Posts Tagged ‘extradition’

British Judge Overseeing Extradition Case of WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange Worked for Defense Industry

A report from Declassified UK peered into the records of Justice Jeremy Johnson, a judge overseeing Assange’s extradition case, and found that Johnson once worked for the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) and their Ministry of Defence, their nation’s version of the Deep State. Source

‘Day X Is Here’: Assange Granted Hearing That May Be Last Opportunity To Stop Extradition

The United Kingdom’s High Court of Justice granted WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange a final appeal hearing that will be held on Feb. 20-21, 2024.  Source

SBF Changes Mind On Extradition To US After Four Days In Bahamian Jail

After spending just five days in a Bahamian jail cell, FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is backpedaling on his decision to contest extradition to the United States to face fraud charges, Reuters reports, citing a person familiar with the matter. According to the report, SBF will appear in court on Monday to formally consent to extradition – which will pave […]

Court of Human Rights Makes Landmark Decision to End Extradition to China From Europe: Safeguard Defenders

The European Court of Human Rights (Court) unanimously found that the extradition of a Taiwanese to China, which Poland’s courts had cleared earlier, would place him at significant risk of torture, ill-treatment, and deprivation of the right to a fair trial, the European human right NGO, Safeguard Defenders, reported. The NGO indicated that the unanimous […]

New Zealand Foreign Minister Believes CCP Will ‘Abide’ by Promises for Extradition of Resident to China

New Zealand Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta is confident that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) will not torture or give an unfair trial to the New Zealand (NZ) permanent resident facing extradition to China. According to documents obtained by the Associated Press, Mahuta believes the CCP will abide by its promises due to the otherwise negative […]

French court rejects extradition requests for 10 former 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. Source

UK Approves Extradition Of Julian Assange, Allowing The US Government To Continue Criminalizing Journalism

It appears all but inevitable that Julian Assange will be receiving an all-expenses-paid (except for his defense!) one-way trip to the United States to face espionage charges for, mostly, performing acts of journalism. The Wikileaks founder has done plenty of self-inflicted damage to his reputation over the past few years, but his organization was instrumental […]

Dark Day For Press Freedom As British Court Orders Assange Extradition

A British magistrates court ordered the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States and sent the request for his extradition to Home Office Secretary Priti Patel for approval.

Ex Romanian minister to appear before extradition judges in Bulgaria after fleeing 6-year sentence

Elena Udrea, a former Romanian tourism minister, is set to appear before judges today in Bulgaria after fleeing her home country hours before an appeal against a six-year prison sentence was rejected. Udrea, 48, a past presidential candidate and close political ally of Traian Basescu, Romania’s president from 2004 to 2014, was sentenced by a […]

Julian Assange Refused Permission To Appeal Against US Extradition

The UK’s highest court has refused to allow Julian Assange his latest appeal against extradition to the US. The supreme court said that it had refused permission to appeal “as the application didn’t raise an […] The post Julian Assange Refused Permission To Appeal Against US Extradition appeared first on News Punch. Source

JuIan Assange ‘Fighting for His Life’ After Deep State Prepares Extradition to U.S.

Julian Assange is currently fighting for his life after suffering a devestating stroke following the news that the ‘Deep State’ can legally extradite him to the U.S. The WikiLeaks founder was left with a drooping right eyelid, severe cognitive impairment and signs of neurological damage after a High Court ruling ordered that the U.S. government […]

TLAV: Maxwell Trial Facade, Assange Extradition & The “Vaccine Equity” Hypocrisy

Whitney joined TLAV  to discuss her perspectives on the recent UK ruling regarding Julian Assange’s potential extradition, the utter facade that is the Ghislaine Maxwell trial, and how the Omicron variant has exposed an inherent hypocrisy in the stance of those calling for “vaccine equity” while pretending to be anti-imperialists.  https://odysee.com/@TLAVagabond:5/Whitney-Webb-Interview-12-10-21:4 https://www.thelastamericanvagabond.com/whitney-webb-interview-maxwell-trial-facade-assange-extradition-vaccine-equity-hypocrisy/ Source

Whitney Webb Interview – Maxwell Trial Facade, Assange Extradition & The “Vaccine Equity” Hypocrisy

Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed Subscribe: Email | RSS Joining me today (12/10/21) is Whitney Webb, here to discuss her perspectives on the recent UK ruling regarding Julian Assange’s potential extradition, the utter facade that is the Ghislaine Maxwell trial, and how the Omicron variant has exposed an inherent hypocrisy in […]

On Contact: Julian Assange Extradition Case

 On the show, Chris Hedges discusses the extradition hearing of Julian Assange in London with Joe Lauria, editor-in-chief of Consortium News. For the past two days, Chris Hedges has been watching the extradition hearing for Julian Assange via video link from London. The United States is appealing a lower court ruling that denied the […]

Assange in jeopardy: US extradition appeal hearing begins in London

Today the UK High Court begins a two-day hearing of a United States government appeal aimed at securing WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s extradition to the US. The hearing is the culmination of a campaign of rampant criminality by American imperialism and its allies, stretching over a decade. Its character is summed up in revelations during […]

A Guide To The US Government’s Appeal In The Assange Extradition Case

Above photo: Attorney General Merrick Garland, head of the U.S. Justice Department under President Joe Biden. NOTE: Kevin Gosztola will remotely cover the Assange appeal hearing on October 27-28 and will have live updates on proceedings that can be followed on Twitter from @kgosztola. London – On October 27, the High Court of Justice in the […]

Venezuelan Diplomat Alex Saab Fights Latest US Extradition Maneuvers

Above photo: Provided by author. Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab remains defiant after over 14 months under US-ordered arrest in the African archipelago country of Cabo Verde. A special envoy of the Venezuelan government, he is fighting extradition to the US for the “crime” of trying to procure humanitarian supplies of food, fuel, and medicine from […]

US lawyers appeal UK decision to block Julian Assange extradition

Lawyers acting on behalf of the U.S. government on Wednesday challenged a British judge’s decision to block the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to face espionage charges in the United States, arguing that assessments of Assange’s mental health should be reviewed. The British judge, Vanessa Baraitser, ruled in January that Assange was likely to […]

Judicial Decision On Alex Saab’s Extradition Expected Next Week

The Constitutional Court (TC) of Cape Verde scheduled a hearing on the constitutional appeal of the special envoy of Venezuela, Alex Saab Morán, for next August 13 at 9:00 a.m. Saab has been held in Cape Verdean prison for 410 days under an arbitrary measure emanating from the United States, victim of a flawed process […]

UK High Court grants US permission to appeal ban on Assange extradition

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange’s legal team just announced the United Kingdom’s High Court has granted the U.S. government permission to appeal a decision that had blocked Assange’s extradition.  This decision “means he is still at risk of extradition where he faces a 175-year prison sentence and…is certain to lose his life if he is extradited,” […]

Assange Extradition: British High Court Grants US A Limited Appeal

The following was originally published as part of Shadowproof’s newsletter, The Dissenter. To become a subscriber, go here. The High Court of Justice in the United Kingdom agreed to hear the United States government’s appeal in the extradition case against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange but on limited grounds. According to Stella Moris, who is Assange’s […]

UK High Court Allows US To Appeal Ban On Assange Extradition

Above Photo: Sjiong, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons The High Court in London on Wednesday said that the United States can go ahead with its appeal of Magistrate Vanessa Baraitser’s Jan. 4 decision not to allow the extradition of WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange to the United States, WikiLeaks said in a tweet. Baraitser had ruled that Assange’s physical and […]

‘I’ll spend the rest of my life in prison’: John McAfee said he feared extradition to US days before death

Antivirus creator John McAfee said he feared spending the rest of his life in prison just days before he was found dead. The 75-year-old was found dead in a Barcelona prison cell on Wednesday, according to the Catalan justice department quoted by Reuters. A week earlier, McAfee testified to a Spanish court on 15 June […]

Hong Kong Police Arrests At Least 3 on Anniversary of 2019 Anti-Extradition Protest

HONG KONG—Hong Kong police arrested at least three protesters on the anniversary of mass protests against an extradition bill involving China in 2019 that rocked the financial hub and eventually led to Beijing introducing its “national security law” that has stifled dissent in the city by making anti-government speech and organizing illegal. The protesters were […]

US Extradition of Alex Saab is Illegal & Unfounded: Lawyers & Legal Experts

Written by Saheli Chowdhury and Stephen Lalla Venezuelan businessman and diplomatic envoy Alex Saab, held in the African island nation of Cape Verde and facing extradition to the United States, is a victim of political persecution and his case is comparable to that of Julian Assange or Chelsea Manning. Saab, who had engaged in brokering […]

Biden Admin Says It Will Continue Trump DOJ’s Extradition Of Julian Assange

It comes as no surprise that President Biden doesn’t plan to let up on the US pursuit of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, after widespread hopes and expectations that Trump was going to pardon Assange during his last days in office, which didn’t happen. Despite the US losing its push in a London court for the UK […]

Biden Administration To Seek Extradition Of Julian Assange

Above photo: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange makes a speech from the balcony of the Ecuadorian Embassy, in central London, Britain February 5, 2016. Reuters/Peter Nicholls. Washington, DC – President Joe Biden’s administration plans to continue to seek to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange from the United Kingdom to the United States to face hacking conspiracy […]

ZFA statement on Malka Leifer extradition

Zionist Federation of Australia Jeremy Leibler welcomed the footage of Malka Leifer boarding the plane. “This protracted saga to have Leifer extradited to return to Melbourne to face trial has, it seems, finally ended after over 60 hearings”, he said. “For too many survivors of child sex abuse, justice is denied. But now, 12 long […]

Statement: Extradition of Malka Leifer

Zionism Victoria today welcomed the news that Malka Leifer is returning to Melbourne to face 74 charges pertaining to her alleged sexual abuse of students from the Adass Israel school while she was the principal. “This is surely a difficult, but important day for the three courageous sisters who have led the vanguard to ensure […]

Assange extradition: Justice denied or just delayed?

In what seemed like an increasingly rare bit of good news, on Monday, January 4th, District Judge Vanessa Baraitser ruled against extraditing Wikileaks founder Julian Assange from the United Kingdom to the United States. The Australian, 49, faces charges that could result in up to 175 years in prison, most of them under the country’s […]

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