Tag: extradition

While the US Starts Countering Fox Hunt and Chinese Policing Abroad, Europe Lags Far Behind

Commentary While the FBI and the Department of Justice are starting to act against Chinese long-arm policing, especially the global Fox Hunt operation, its allies lag far behind, and no other country has moved to have any indictments made. Europe, in particular, is letting Fox Hunt run rampant and without pushback. On Oct. 20 and…


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…


Portugal Illustrates European Weakness on China

Commentary Portugal’s failure to even attempt to use leverage to secure the safety of its own citizen—a teenager who was detained, held incommunicado, and later sentenced to prison in a secret trial—illustrates European failure to understand the nature of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and how to deal with it effectively. As I recently wrote,…


Portugal Is Being Used by China to Undermine EU’s Human Rights

Commentary Unbeknownst to almost everyone, Portugal, in a shocking decision by its Supreme Court, has decided to extradite a woman to China, going against a clear trend in Europe. After years of setbacks for the Chinese regime in its attempt to expand its global long-arm policing, especially in Europe—a key battleground for China—Portugal offers China…


Judge Sends Assange Extradition Decision to UK Government

LONDON—A British judge on Wednesday formally approved the extradition of Julian Assange to the United States to face spying charges. The case will now go to Britain’s interior minister for a decision, though the WikiLeaks founder still has legal avenues of appeal. The order, which brings an end to the years’-long extradition battle closer, comes…


Netherlands, Belgium Extradites Dozens of Russian Diplomats Accused of Espionage

Dutch and Belgian authorities are expelling 38 Russian diplomats after accusing them of engaging in espionage activities, the foreign affairs ministry in the Netherlands and Belgium announced on Tuesday. Wopke Hoekstra, the Netherlands’ minister of foreign affairs, said a total of 17 individuals, who were accredited as diplomats at the Russian representations in the Netherlands, were…


Nygard to Face Extradition to US After Canadian Case Completed: Lametti

Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard is set to be extradited to the United States to faces sex-related charges there, but only once his criminal case in Canada has been completed. Federal Justice Minister David Lametti says he issued an order to that effect today, adding it’s important that the Canadian legal process run its course…


Kick China Out of Interpol

Commentary Interpol is supposed to be a respected international police organization, for collaboration to nab murderers and rapists. But when the world’s worst criminals get control, it starts to look closer to terrorism or the mafia. That is the sorry state of international policing as Interpol refuses to help Hongkongers who are fleeing persecution from…


Police Detain Ex-Honduras President Hernandez as US Seeks Extradition

TEGUCIGALPA—Honduran police detained ex-President Juan Orlando Hernandez on Tuesday, escorting him from his home in handcuffs and chains, following a U.S. extradition request on drug charges that marked a dramatic fall from grace only weeks after Hernandez left power. In live footage shown on national TV, police officials gave Hernandez a bullet-proof vest and placed…


Julian Assange Appeals Extradition to the US

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Friday lodged an appeal to Britain’s Supreme Court against a lower court’s decision to extradite him to the United States. The U.S. government has levelled an 18-count superseding indictment against the 50-year-old Australian, meaning he would face a 175-year prison sentence if convicted. However, the U.S. authorities said in its appeal…