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'Send ‘em right to sparky': Ontario leader Doug Ford's 'poor-taste' death penalty joke stirs row
The Times of India Ontario Progressive Conservative (PC) leader Doug Ford has come under fire after reportedly joking about bringing back the death penalty during a campaign speech at a London, Ontario, police gala,... (photo: AP / Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Serge Atlaoui, a French national who is on death row after being convicted of drug offences,is escorted by armed police officers upon arrival for his judicial review hearing at the district court in Tangerang, Indonesia Wednesday, April,1, 2015.

Frenchman on death row in Indonesia leaves jail ahead of transfer home
The Times of India JAKARTA: A Frenchman on death row in Indonesia since 2007 for drug offences left prison on Tuesday ahead of his transfer to France, officials told AFP. Indonesia, which has some of the world's... (photo: AP / Tatan Syuflana)

Stella Assange, wife of Julian Assange, speaks besides a poster of Julian Assange at the Royal Courts of Justice in London, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024. Julian Assange's lawyers are on their final U.K. legal challenge to stop the WikiLeaks founder from being sent to the United States to face spying charges. The 52-year-old has been fighting extradition for more than a decade, including seven years in self-exile in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London and the last five years in a high-security prison.

UK ruling on Assange extradition ‘resets the game’. What happens next?
Al Jazeera Legal experts are voicing hope and caution after London’s High Court ruling this week allowed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to appeal his extradition to the United States. “The judges have assessed... (photo: AP / Kin Cheung)

Demonstrators hold placards after Stella Assange, wife of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, released a statement outside the Royal Courts of Justice, in London, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Two High Court judges said they would grant Assange a new appeal unless U.S. authorities give further assurances about what will happen to him. The case has been adjourned until May 20.

Julian Assange wins bid to appeal US extradition ruling

The New Arab WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Monday won a bid to appeal against a UK court ruling that approved his extradition to the United States to face trial for breaking national security laws. Two... (photo: AP / Alberto Pezzali)

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Assange supporters demonstrate outside the British Consulate in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. A British court ruled Tuesday that Julian Assange can't immediately be extradited to the United States on espionage charges, in a partial victory for the WikiLeaks founder.

UK court to rule on Julian Assange extradition appeal: What could happen?
Al Jazeera WikiLeaks’s founder Julian Assange is set to attend a crucial court hearing in London on Monday which could mark a pivotal moment in his years-long legal battle to avoid... (photo: AP / Luca Bruno)

People thought to be migrants disembark from a British Border Force patrol boat after being picked up from a dingy in the English Channel in Dover harbour , England, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021.

Wednesday briefing: How Britain and Ireland came to a diplomatic deadlock over Rwanda
The Guardian In today’s newsletter: It is the most fractious time in British-Irish relations since Brexit, as Ireland claims the Rwanda policy is pushing migrants to its borders – and... (photo: AP / Alastair Grant)

Former President Donald Trump speaks at a rally at the Delaware County Fairgrounds, Saturday, April 23, 2022, in Delaware, Ohio, to endorse Republican candidates ahead of the Ohio primary on May 3.

Stripping Trump of any Secret Service Protection

Armstrong Economics COMMENT: I have been a Democrat all my life, and I am 72. I suppose I was a Democrat because my father was. Like you, after watching what they have been doing to Trump... (photo: AP / Joe Maiorana)

Soldiers patrol in the perimeters of an open-air market in Portoviejo, Ecuador, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024

Ecuador approves extradition, anti-gang measures
The Peninsula Quito: A solid majority of Ecuadoran voters on Sunday approved the extradition to the United States of organized crime bosses in a referendum on measures against drug... (photo: AP / Ariel Ochoa)

Activists marking five years since the arrest of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange demonstrate outside Belmarsh Prison in London, Sunday, April 14, 2024. U.S. President Joe Biden said last week that he is considering a request from Australia to drop the decade-long U.S. push to prosecute Assange for publishing a trove of American classified documents. Assange is currently fighting extradition to the U.S. from Belmarsh, where he is being held.

Faulty Assurances: The Judicial Torture of Assange Continues
Dissident Voice Only this month, the near comatose US President, Joe Biden, made a casual, castaway remark that his administration was “considering” the request by Australia that the... (photo: AP / David Cliff)

Protesters stand in front of the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, Thursday, April 11, 2024, where Wikileaks founder Julian Assange was arrested five years ago. US President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he is considering a request from Australia to drop the decade-long U.S. push to prosecute Wikileaks founder Julian Assange for publishing a trove of American classified documents.

Flicker of Hope: Biden’s Throwaway Lines on Assange
GlobalResearch Walking stiffly, largely distracted, and struggling to focus on the bare essentials, US President Joe Biden was keeping company with his Japanese counterpart, Prime... (photo: AP / Frank Augstein)

Demonstrators hold banners outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London, Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will make his final appeal against his impending extradition to the United States at the court.

How Britain Would Be Obliged to Free Assange, While Biden ‘Considers’ Ending the Case
Consortium News The High Court ruled the U.S. must assure free speech and no death penalty for Julian Assange or the court might have to free the publisher who marked five years in... (photo: AP / Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Cannabis plant in bloom in the Euflora greenhouse, as seen during a cannabis grow facility tour, 24 May 2018.

Why are some countries decriminalising drugs?
Al Jazeera In late March, Malawi’s government legalised the production of a particular strain of cannabis for some industrial and medicinal purposes. The government plans to grant... (photo: Creative Commons / Cannabis Tours)