BANGKOK (AP) — Human rights groups urged Thailand on Thursday not to extradite a Vietnamese activist detained in Bangkok, saying that he could be at risk if handed back to Vietnam. Y Quynh Bdap, who had United Nations refugee status in Thailand, was picked up by local police on Tuesday, the day after he had […]
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg on Thursday accused an Arizona prosecutor of political “grandstanding” for refusing to send a New York City murder suspect back his jurisdiction. Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell on Wednesday said she’s instructed her staff in Arizona not to cooperate in any efforts to extradite Raad Noan Almansoori, 26, back to […]
A Republican prosecutor in Arizona has refused to extradite a murder suspect to New York, claiming it is “safer” not to send him back because of the state’s supposed “treatment of violent criminals”. Rachel Mitchell, attorney for Maricopa county – which includes most of the city of Phoenix – is holding the suspect, 26-year-old Raad […]
An Austrian court has rejected a request by the Ukrainian authorities to extradite former National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Governor Kyrylo Shevchenko, stated by Austrian outlet Der Standard on Feb. 6. Shevchenko claimed that he is under political persecution by the Office of the President and sought political asylum in Austria. Read also: Ukraine’s anti-graft […]