Croatia’s Constitutional Court has halted the extradition of Nurettin Oral to Turkey, where he is charged with offences arising from his membership of the Kurdistan’s Workers Party (PKK). The Court determined that the case’s complexity required further examination of Mr Oral’s arguments. Mr Oral argues that Croatia’s Supreme Court incorrectly found his refugee status in […]
On 25th July 2018, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) handed down a preliminary ruling that the Irish High Court was correct not to extradite Artur Celmer to Poland. The CJEU accepted that Mr Celmer could be at real risk of not receiving a fair trial before an independent and impartial tribunal […]
Myanmar is reported to have asked Bangladesh to extradite over 1300 Rohingya Muslims whom it suspects of having participated in attacks on government border posts in October 2016. In response to the attacks, Myanmar’s government initiated a wide-scale crackdown on Rohingya Muslims, which displaced over 600,000 people and has drawn criticism from the international community.
EAW – England and Wales – Poland – Appeal – Appeal dismissed – Abuse of process – Article 8 ECHR – Validity of EAW Wojciech Malarz appealed against his extradition from the UK to Poland on a conviction EAW (“the third EAW”), where he is wanted to serve a sentence of 14 months’ imprisonment for […]
On 19th July 2018, a Spanish Supreme Court judge dropped extradition requests for six politicians who were wanted in order to face criminal charges for their roles in promoting Catalan independence. The six politicians who are no longer being requested for extradition are: former Catalan regional president Carles Puigdemont, Professor Clara Ponsatí, Mr Antoni Comín, […]
The US has asked France to extradite Christian Ganczarski, a German man accused by the US of providing crucial support to Osama bin Laden and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed before the 9/11 terror attacks. He is currently imprisoned in France, having served 15 years of an 18 year prison sentence for his involvement in a deadly […]
India has been granted leave to appeal its unsuccessful UK extradition request for Sanjeev Kumar Chawla, a bookmaker wanted on suspicion of match fixing during South Africa’s tour of India in 2000. The first instance court found that there were strong grounds for believing that Mr Chawla’s human rights would be violated if he was […]
French businessman Alexandre Djourhi is currently on bail in the UK, where he was arrested on a European Arrest Warrant issued by France in December, and awaiting his extradition hearing on 17 April. Mr Djourhi is wanted by French police for questioning as part of an inquiry into the alleged illegal financing of former president […]
Turkey’s President has refused to allow any further US extradition requests until the US extradites Turkish Cleric Fethullah Gulen, who is wanted by Turkey for allegedly masterminding the failed July 2016 coup. Speaking at a conference, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan accused the US of having “made up excuses from thin air” for not extraditing the […]
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