extradition

In 2019, Hong Kong erupted in months-long protests as hundreds of thousands marched against a hugely controversial extradition bill that would allow Hongkongers to be sent to mainland China to face trial.

In June this year, Brazilian authorities issued an extradition request to Argentina seeking help in extraditing more than 140 prosecuted rioters.

The group had travelled to the Kenyan city of Kisumu for a training course, according to their lawyers, but were deported to Uganda without proper legal channels like deportation orders or extradition requests being followed.

However, as the Russian constitution does not permit extradition of its own nationals, they cannot be formally charged unless they try to leave the country.

He was released on bail but immediately boarded a plane to Pakistan, which does not have an official extradition treaty with the UK.