Wikipedia's founder calls for Richard O'Dwyer extradition to stopped

The Guardian by James Ball | Jun. 24, 2012 (Opinion)

Jimmy Wales launches campaign calling on Theresa May to stop extradition to US of UK student facing alleged copyright offences Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has made a rare political intervention to call on Theresa May to stop the extradition of 24-year-old British student Richard O'Dwyer to the US for alleged copyright offences. Launching an online campaign , Wales said O'Dwyer was the "human face" of a global battle of the interests of the film and TV ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Jack Powers - Jun 24, 2012 - 8:07 PM PDT
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it is an outrage that he is being extradited to the US to face felony charges for something that he is not being prosecuted for here. No US citizen has ever been brought to ... More »

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