On 5 February, the High Court ruled that alleged hacker Lauri Love should not be extradited to the US to face trial. But there's a sting in the tail. The court also recommended that the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) should now consider the prosecution of Love in Britain. That would be a tragedy. Because people like Love should not be...
The US government just lost a high profile court case. And it's one that could have ramifications for many other people. Because the British citizen at the centre of it, Lauri Love, persuaded the UK judges to dismiss the US government's arguments on health grounds.
No evidence
32-year-old Love, who lives with Asperger syndrome and...
A conscious rapper and poet has released a video about the fate of a British citizen facing extradition to the US. And the timing is crucial, as the case now rests on an appeal hearing at the end of the month. One that will decide whether the person is tried in the UK, or is sent to the US to face a possible 99-year jail sentence.
No...
In an apparent attempt to silence free speech, Twitter has permanently banned one of the UK's most high-profile activists. But in doing so, it has opened itself up to a swathe of criticism.
Unceremoniously dropped
Lauri Love is the 32-year-old computer scientist and activist at the centre of a current extradition storm in the UK and...
British computer scientist and activist Lauri Love faces the possibility of life in a US jail. He has had multiple charges thrown at him just as American IT genius Aaron Swartz faced before ending his own life in 2013, as described previously at The Canary. But there was one more dimension to the 'persecution' Swartz suffered...
British computer scientist and activist Lauri Love is a victim of prosecutional overreach by the USA. This process consists of multiple charges being thrown at a defendant to force them to agree to a plea bargain in the hope of avoiding a life in jail. And this is exactly what happened to Aaron Swartz - a man whose fate is very much...
If Washington DC has its way, a British citizen with Asperger's Syndrome will be extradited to the US for a 'prank'. This could see him face 99 years in prison.
Hacking and international relations
Lauri Love is a computer scientist who advises on computer security. He is also a political activist who has been accused of taking part...
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