The British government in 2022 ordered the extradition of Assange to the United States to face spying charges, a move thoroughly opposed by many of his supporters. Assange faces 18 charges in the US, mostly of espionage, for releasing hundreds of thousands of classified US documents.
Fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi, wanted in India in connection with the nearly USD 2 billion Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud and money laundering case, is set to appear before a UK court for his customary 28-day remand hearing on Thursday.
The agreement on returns paves the way for a quicker and more efficient process for documenting and returning Indian nationals who have no right to be in the UK to India.
India and the UK have an Extradition Treaty dating back to 1992 but so far only one extradition has taken place from the UK to India under the arrangement.
London, Dec 5: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange today won the right to petition the UK Supreme Court in his fight against extradition to Sweden on rape allegation. The High Court in London ruled in his
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