Extradition Quotes

16 quotes from 14 authors

When borders meet law, extradition becomes a hot topic. This brief set of 16 reflections, penned by 14 different writers, tackles the legal and ethical layers of sending someone across nations for justice.

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“I have forsaken her for a place I will never belong, but will always remain under her spell, forever to be, a…

B.G. Bowers

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The anti-extradition movement is larger and much more organised than the Umbrella Movement in 2014.

Joshua Wong

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NBC is making a movie about Martha Stewart that will cover the recent stock scandal. They are thinking of calling it 'The…

Conan O'Brien

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By exposing the fallacy of the UK’s extradition arrangements with the US, I leave with my head held high having won the…

Babar Ahmad

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If nominated, I shall run to Mexico. If elected, I shall fight extradition.

Mo Udall

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I'm calling on the United States: what kind of strategic partners are we, that you can still host someone whose extradition I…

Recep Tayyip Erdogan

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Pablo really felt the suffering of people and so became a political animal. But he wanted to bring down extradition because this…

Virginia Vallejo

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“Captain, you have heard the charges. How do you plead? Before you answer, you should know that if you plead "guilty" you'll…

Howard Tayler

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You have to understand that once an indictment has been signed, all countries that are signature to the U.N. charter will hand…

Tony Greig

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Our bilateral relations and our agreement [between Turkey and America] on the extradition of criminals should dominate and precede actually any inclusion…

Recep Tayyip Erdogan

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During the early 1990s, Mexico's domestic political sensitivities meant that it rarely extradited people who had committed crimes in the U.S. After…

James G. Stavridis

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“Snowden’s itinerary does, however, seem to bear the fingerprints of Julian Assange. Assange was often quick to criticise the US and other…

Luke Harding

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Extradition treaties date back at least to 1259 B.C., when the Hittite King Hattusili the Third and Ramesses the Second signed a…

Jacob Rees-Mogg

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I can assure the Court that I have no intention and there is no risk of my reactivating the Megaupload.com website or…

Kim Dotcom

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When the U.S. asks for the extradition of a terrorist, if Turkey doesn't have that individual on the terror list, what do…

Recep Tayyip Erdogan

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What is absolutely clear is that we have, with the U.S., an extradition treaty which is important, I believe it is an…

Theresa May

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