Libya’s foreign minister says her country could work with the US on extraditing a man wanted over the 1988 Lockerbie bombing. Najla El-Mangoush told the BBC that “positive outcomes are coming” in the case of Abu Agila Mohammed Masud. Mr Masud is alleged to have been a top bomb-maker for former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.… Continue reading Nov 2021. Libya and Lockerbie
Tag: Extradition
Jul 2020. Hong Kong Extradition Suspended
July 2020. The UK government will suspend its extradition treaty with Hong Kong “immediately and indefinitely”. Announcing the move, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said the UK “wants a positive relationship” with China. But he said the “imposition” of the new security law in Hong Kong by Beijing was a “serious violation” of the country’s international… Continue reading Jul 2020. Hong Kong Extradition Suspended
May 2020. Rwanda Genocide Trial
May 2020. The man accused of financing the Rwandan genocide has denied playing a role in the massacres. “All of this is lies. I have not killed any Tutsis. I was working with them,” Félicien Kabuga told a French court during a bail hearing. The 84-year-old businessman was arrested earlier this month in a suburb… Continue reading May 2020. Rwanda Genocide Trial
Mar 2020. The Khashoggi Killing
March 2020. The dissident Saudi writer was killed in his country’s Istanbul consulate in 2018. But the Turkish case is unlikely to come to trial. Turkish officials on Wednesday announced the indictments of 20 Saudi nationals on charges of murder and incitement to murder in the killing of the dissident writer Jamal Khashoggi, concluding their… Continue reading Mar 2020. The Khashoggi Killing
Nov 2019. Julian Assange Allegations
November 2019. Prosecutors in Sweden have dropped an investigation into a Rape Allegation that was made against the WikiLeaks co founder, Julian Assange, back in 2010. Mr Assange, who’s always Denied the Accusation, avoided Extradition to Sweden for Seven Years after he sought Refuge at the Embassy of Ecuador in London. He was Evicted in… Continue reading Nov 2019. Julian Assange Allegations