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Courage statement on Lauri Love’s extradition ruling
From FreeLauri.com
Courage’s Case Director Naomi Colvin responded to today’s Lauri Love extradition ruling:
This is the result Lauri and his family have spent four years waiting for. This ruling is a massive victory for free expression online, for the fair treatment of neurodiverse people and for those of us who have drawn attention to the dire treatment of hackers and information activists in the United States. This ruling will be taken as a comment on the growing international isolation of the US under the Trump administration, and rightly so.
I am absolutely thrilled for Lauri, his family, friends, his legal team and all the supporters who have worked so hard to bring us to this point. As we demonstrated at appeal, Lauri was only ever in this position because he had been marked out for unfair, discriminatory and vindictive treatment. With any luck, today’s ruling will mean that prosecuting authorities finally start respecting the clear will of the British public: we do not extradite our geeks to face medieval punishment in the United States.
The Courage Foundation will continue to support Lauri Love and his family until Lauri’s legal situation is resolved.
https://freelauri.com/2018/02/05/courage-statement-on-lauri-loves-extradition-ruling/