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Dominic Raab today announced the UK’s extradition treaty with Hong Kong is being ‘immediately and indefinitely’ suspended after Beijing imposed a controversial national security law. The Foreign Secretary said the UK wants a ‘positive relationship’ with China but ‘we will be clear where we disagree’. He said: ‘I have consulted with the Home Secretary, the … Read more
MPs have warned the UK is ‘sliding towards a cold war’ with China and it must ‘work with its allies’ to tell Beijing ‘enough is enough’ as Dominic Raab prepares to announce Britain’s extradition treaty with Hong Kong is being suspended. The Foreign Secretary is due to deliver a statement to MPs in the House … Read more
Britain is set to tear up its extradition agreement with Hong Kong today as Dominic Raab warns the country must be ‘very careful’ in its dealings with China. In a move that will further escalate tensions, the Foreign Secretary is expected to announce that the Government will no longer hand over suspects to the former … Read more
Earnest, bespectacled, boyish, Nathan Law, 27, has a gentle, scholarly air that belies the fierceness of his convictions. Speaking to me from a small apartment in London – he will not disclose the location – the fear that drove him to flee his native Hong Kong is tangible. ‘Wherever I am in the world, I’m … Read more
Speedboat killer Jack Shepherd’s 78 days spent awaiting extradition SHOULD count towards ten year jail term, appeal court judges rule In 2018 Jack Shepherd was convicted of the manslaughter of Charlotte Brown The 24-year-old died after a boat Shepherd capsized on the Thames on a date He was given a six year sentence for manslaughter … Read more
Donald Trump has called for the extradition of a former MI6 agent who was behind a controversial dossier about his alleged links to Russia. Christopher Steele, now a director of Orbis Business Intelligence, was responsible for the ‘dirty dossier’ published in 2016 that alleged Russian influence over President Trump. The Steele Dossier contained allegations of … Read more
Fugitive cartel leader, featured in Netflix’s Narcos: Mexico tells Mexican court he’s broke so is not a flight risk as he fights his extradition to the United States for the 1985 murder of a DEA agent Rafael Caro Quintero informed a Mexico City court that he has no money and is unemployed in his latest … Read more
Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou loses key court argument in fight against extradition to the US as Canadian judge rules her fraud case will proceed Judge ruled that US extradition case against Meng Wanzhou, 48, can go forward Wanzhou is CFO of Huawei and the daughter of Huawei founder, Ren Zhengfei She was arrested in 2018 by … Read more
One of Albania’s most wanted murderers who spent 22 years on the run and claimed asylum in the UK pretending to be a Kosovan refugee appears in court for extradition hearing Defrim Iseberi, 45, killed security guard at a hotel in Kukes, Albania in 1997 Fled to UK claiming to be Kosovan refugee and became … Read more
Man, 39, charged with murdering schoolboy Rikki Neave, six, in 1994 when he was 13 years old may avoid trial because of issues surrounding his extradition from Portugal, court told Rikki Neave, six, was found dead near home in Welland, Peterborough, in 1994 His mother Ruth was originally charged with murder but was later cleared … Read more