Fair Trials International News

Unfair Extradition Laws

2012-02-08T16:39:04+00:00

FTI Chief Executive Jago Russell, along with campaigners, MPs, celebrities and extradition victims, call for legislation reforming extradition in the Queen's Speech.

Jago Russell on 95bFM New Zealand

2012-02-06T10:55:11+00:00

FTI Chief Executive Jago Russell discusses Interpol on New Zealand radio

Julian Assange’s New Talk Show - With Thanks to Russia

2012-01-30T16:20:49+00:00

Julian Assange is an excellent conversationalist - or so Vaughan Smith, the proprietor of the celebrated Frontline Club in London, told Newsweek.

Interpol accused of helping dictators catch innocent dissidents fleeing abroad

2012-01-24T09:45:21+00:00

Campaigners believe that some countries are abusing a 'red notice' system and they want to see it overhauled so that Interpol is more accountable and prevent activists from facing torture.

Legal threat to Interpol for helping oppressive regimes hunt dissidents

2012-01-23T11:50:19+00:00

A landmark lawsuit alleging that dictatorships and other oppressive regimes are using Interpol's alert system to harass or detain political dissidents is being worked up by rights activists and lawyers.

Overuse of pre-trial detention keeps thousands in EU jails, report finds

2012-01-13T15:03:58+00:00

Thousands of people who have not been convicted of any crime are being held for months, or even years, because of the failure of pre-trial detention rules in the European Union, according to a survey.

FTI writes to Home Secretary calling for Extradition Reform Bill in next Queen’s Speech

2012-01-13T14:26:52+00:00

Fair Trials International writes open letter to Home Secretary Theresa May calling for an Extradition Reform Bill

Nur wer sein Recht kennt, kann es auch bekommen (in German)

2012-01-05T15:57:12+00:00

FTI Client Garry Mann talks to DerWesten about his experiences as Measure B is passed in Brussels (translation kindly courtesy of Herbert Smith)

Ronald Noble: ‘Terrorists plan on email. And we can’t track them’

2012-01-03T14:10:21+00:00

The head of Interpol talks to Rob Hastings about his biggest fears in the fight to prevent another 9/11.

Thalidomide Briton’s release hailed

2012-01-03T10:22:39+00:00

Campaigners welcomed the news that a Thalidomide victim who was jailed for drug offences in the Philippines nearly 20 years ago has been pardoned from his life sentence.