Extradition

"If it was simply a case which was decided upon with the merit of the laws, I wouldn't worry at all, but this is a political case," WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Kristinn Hrafnsson said this week.

"If you are going to put somebody in jail for the rest of his life for publishing diplomatic cables...that is an attack on all journalists," one panelist said at a talk in London this week.

"The case will now go on for much longer than we thought," WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Kristinn Hrafnsson said outside a London court this week, surrounded by banners and supporters of the organization.

Donna Francis, 39, could not be jailed for longer than a year due to the terms of an extradition agreement between the U.S. and the U.K.

An unlicensed medical practitioner who allegedly offered "butt injections" will serve one year behind bars after entering a guilty plea in relation to the 2015 death of a woman in New York, according to reports.

Naama Issachar, a 25-year-old Israeli-American woman, was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison on a narcotics smuggling charge after less than a third of an ounce of cannabis was found in her luggage.

President Donald Trump received widespread scorn from critics over his praise of the National Day of the People's Republic of China amid the government's ongoing conflict with Hong Kong protesters.

China's aviation regulator has been pressuring Cathay Pacific to fire staff who express support for, or have been involved in, the recent anti-Beijing protests.

A Chinese official blamed the protesters for undermining Hong Kong's stability and prosperity through weeks of continuous demonstrations.

What began as a movement against a new extradition law has spiraled into a larger conflict between Hong Kong residents and the Communist Party regime in Beijing.

Tens of thousands of people have shut down the city center to protest a bill that would allow extradition to China.

Demonstrators have been barricading roads, surrounding government buildings while facing off against—and clashing with—riot police.

Organizers said 1 million Hong Kong residents marched in Sunday's protests against plans to allow extradition of criminals to China.

Assange was too ill to appear via video link for a hearing in U.K. court over extradition to the United States.

Ecuadorian President Lenín Moreno reportedly described Julian Assange as a "brat" after withdrawing the WikiLeaks founder's asylum status.

The Justice Department defines extradition, a powerful tool wielded by the U.S. abroad, as "the formal process by which a person found in one country is surrendered to another country for trial or punishment."

"WikiLeaks, I love WikiLeaks," Donald Trump said during an October 2016 campaign rally.

The U.K. said it would not extradite the WikiLeaks founder to the U.S. if he were to face the death penalty.

Louis Coleman was arrested on Thursday in Delaware on a federal charge of kidnapping resulting in death.

In November, the Justice Department accidentally revealed that it has sealed charges against Assange.

China promises response if Washington pushes forward with its demand for the extradition of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou, who was detained in Canada in December.

The Brooklyn, New York, courthouse, where Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman stands trial, will be on lockdown throughout the four-week trial of the infamous drug cartel leader.

Ameen is believed to have assassinated a police officer in the town of Rawah in 2014 while fighting for ISIS.

Prosecutors in the U.K. are prepared to file an extradition request for two Russians they suspect carried out a nerve agent attack that killed one person and injured three others.

German-born Kim Dotcom has been fighting extradition to the United States since 2012.

The arrest ends the international manhunt for 22-year-old Orlando Tercero.

The controversial founder of Megaupload wants a sum equivalent to about 3.5 percent of New Zealand's economy.

Julian Assange issued a defiant statement after rape allegations were dropped, but still faces criminal charges.

The WikiLeaks founder will stay in the embassy until the U.K. clarifies whether it has received an extradition request from the U.S., his attorney tells Newsweek.

The results of Ecuador's presidential election are set to be challenged, which would be bad news for Julian Assange.