extradition
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Lebanon has handed Syria a former general who served under the ousted regime of Bashar al-Assad, in the first extradition of its kind since his government fell.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Police in Pula, Croatia on Wednesday arrested Volodymyr Zhuravlyov under a European arrest warrant put out by Germany, which is seeking his extradition.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
In April, he pleaded not guilty in a Florida court, following his extradition from Arkansas, and posted a $600,000 bond.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
While lawyers for the Tates acknowledged that bail in international extradition proceedings was unusual, they said the brothers had shown no reason to think they plan to evade criminal prosecution.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
At that time I hadn’t seen the suspects—just examined their possessions and arranged the extradition waivers.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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The two men remain in Serbia and the US is co-ordinating with Serbian officials regarding their pending extraditions.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2025
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
In Peru, all extraditions must be approved by the president.
From Washington Times ● May 11, 2023
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