Hong Kong’s embattled leader apologized Tuesday for an unpopular extradition bill that drew massive protests and indicated it will not be revived during the current legislative session.
Read moreProtesters cleared out of Hong Kong’s streets Monday after the city’s chief executive suspended consideration of an extradition bill, but stayed near government headquarters to press their demands that Carrie Lam resign and withdraw the bill entirely.
Read moreEmbattled Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam sought to quell public anger Saturday by shelving an unpopular extradition bill that has highlighted apprehension about relations with mainland China, but opponents of the measure said it was not enough.
Read moreA British court has set a date early next year for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to face a U.S. extradition attempt over his role in revealing classified government and military information.
Read moreHong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam faced calls from both outside and within her government Friday to delay extradition legislation that has spurred massive protests.
Read moreBritish Home Secretary Sajid Javid says he has signed an extradition order that would send imprisoned WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States if British courts favor the move.
Read moreHong Kong’s legislature suspended meetings Thursday as leaders considered their next steps after violent clashes between police and protesters who oppose a bill that would allow suspects to be tried in mainland China.
Read moreHong Kong police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters who had massed outside government headquarters Wednesday in opposition to a proposed extradition bill that has become a lightning rod for concerns over greater Chinese control and erosion of civil liberties in the territory.
Read moreInternet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom and three of his former colleagues on Monday took their fight against being extradited to the U.S. to New Zealand’s top court.
Read moreHundreds of thousands of protesters marched through Hong Kong on Sunday to voice their opposition to legislation that would allow people to be extradited to mainland China where they could face politically charged trials.
Read moreWikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should not be extradited to Sweden for a revived rape investigation, but should still be questioned in the case while he is imprisoned in Britain, a Swedish court ruled Monday,
Read moreWikiLeaks founder Julian Assange missed a court session Thursday, apparently due to health problems. He had been expected to appear from prison via video link at a brief extradition hearing at Westminster Magistrates’ Court.
Read moreSwedish authorities on Monday issued a request for a detention order against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is jailed in Britain, a Swedish prosecutor said.
Read moreSwedish prosecutors said Monday they are reopening a rape case against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, a month after he was removed from the Ecuadorean Embassy in London. They said they will seek his extradition after he has served his 50-week prison term in Britain for jumping bail.
Read moreLawyers for Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou told a British Columbia court Wednesday they need several months to prepare for the upcoming fight of Meng’s potential extradition to the United States on fraud charges, and won a reprieve until September.
Read moreWikiLeaks founder Julian Assange told a London court on Thursday that he wouldn’t agree to be extradited to the United States, where he is accused of conspiring to hack into a Pentagon computer.
Read moreA British judge sentenced WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Wednesday to 50 weeks in prison for skipping bail seven years ago and holing up in the Ecuadorean Embassy.
Read moreBritish lawmakers are heaping pressure on the government to make sure that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faces Swedish justice if prosecutors there reopen a rape investigation against him.
Read moreThe leader of Britain’s opposition Labour Party says the government should oppose the extradition of Julian Assange to the United States.
Read moreWasting little time after the WikiLeaks founder’s arrest this morning, a London judge found Julian Assange guilty Thursday of breaching his bail conditions.
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