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United Arab Emirates

26th Nov 2021

Ahmed Naser Al-Raisi elected as INTERPOL’s next president

On 25 November, 2021,

Russia, South Korea, Syria, United Arab Emirates

19th Nov 2021

Concerns raised about INTERPOL presidential nominee and Syrian reinstatement

On November 16, 2021, Fair Trials, the Syrian Center for Media, and Freedom of Expression, alongside nineteen other organisations sent an open letter to INTERPOL’s Secretary General Jurgen Stock,...

Cyprus, United Kingdom

4th Nov 2021

CASE SUMMARY: Barber v British Overseas Territory [2021] EWHC 2858 (Admin): Consideration of section 82 of the Extradition Act 2003

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Uncategorised

1st Nov 2021

P&P Partner, Nick Vamos explores the interaction of law and politics

  Nick Vamos, Partner at Peters and Peters, explores the interaction of law and politics in the latest edition of the Law Society Gazette. The article reviews recent high-profile cases, the political context to extradition,...

Australia, United Kingdom, United States

29th Oct 2021

Julian Assange case heard on appeal at the High Court

Between the 27-28 of October 2021, the High Court heard the US government’s appeal against District Judge Vanessa Baraitser’s ruling, issued in January 2021, barring the extradition of Wikileaks founder...

Mexico, United Kingdom, United States

28th Oct 2021

Sanchez-Sanchez case relinquished to ECtHR Grand Chamber

On 19 of October 2021, the case of Ismail Sanchez-Sanchez, a Mexican national, who’s case is currently on appeal at the European Court of Human Rights (‘ECtHR’) and is detained...

Belgium, Germany, Italy, Spain

12th Oct 2021

Italian Court delays decision on Puigdemont extradition

On 4 October 2021, Carles Puigdemont, former regional President of Catalonia, and leader of the Catalonian separatist movement, was released from a court in Sardinia, having been arrested, pursuant to...

Syria, Turkey

12th Oct 2021

Syria re-added to INTERPOL’s communications network

On 2 of October 2021, Syria was re-added to INTERPOL’s communications network, having been subject since 2011 to several corrective measures, which prevented the Syrian National Central Bureau (‘NCB’) from...

Canada, China, United States

28th Sep 2021

Meng Wanzhou enters deferred prosecution agreement with US authorities

On 24 September 2021, Meng Wanzhou, CFO of Chinese telecoms company Huawei entered a deferred prosecution agreement (‘DPA’) with US authorities. Ms. Meng was arrested at Vancouver airport in 2018...

Russia, United Kingdom

28th Sep 2021

UK seeks extradition of Denis Sergeev; third man in UK’s 2018 Salisbury Novichok attack

On 22 September 2021, Denis Sergeev, known in the UK as Sergey Fedotov, and currently residing in Russia, was named as the ‘the third man’, alongside Alexander Mishkin and Anatoliy...