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extradition

[ek-struh-dish-uhn] / ˌɛk strəˈdɪʃ ən /


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He told the court that behind Kinahan's extradition from Dubai earlier this year, a statement of facts which is 189 pages long was behind it.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

Ahead of his extradition to Germany, his lawyer here in Italy told me his client had felt "abandoned".

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

Under Germany's privacy rules, he will be named during the trial only as Serhii K, but during extradition proceedings he was identified as Serhii Kuznetsov.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

Thai authorities began extradition proceedings on Thursday against a Chinese investigative reporter wanted by Beijing and detained for months in Thailand, his lawyer and an official told AFP.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

Most important, he had no intention of leaving Iceland, because of the threat of extradition to the United States.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

These are not extraditions, because these folks are not being sought by El Salvador on any charges there, and certainly have not gone through any extradition process.

From Slate ● Apr. 8, 2025

But Swedish courts have blocked other extraditions, and Swedish officials have said that they cannot override their country’s free-speech protections.

From New York Times ● Jul. 10, 2023

Months later, the British government enacted policies that “made similar extraditions extremely difficult,” according to the Nelson Hackett Project, a digital work of public scholarship helmed by the University of Arkansas Humanities Center.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 17, 2023

A Paris court also had ruled against their extraditions, and the decision was appealed last year.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 28, 2023

CPS guidance states that extraditions should only be used where it is "clearly appropriate and proportionate".

From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2023


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