{"id":1365769,"date":"2026-03-05T15:32:44","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T13:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/a-london-court-has-denied-ukraines-request-to-extradite-mp-artem-dmytruk\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T15:32:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T13:32:44","slug":"a-london-court-has-denied-ukraines-request-to-extradite-mp-artem-dmytruk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/a-london-court-has-denied-ukraines-request-to-extradite-mp-artem-dmytruk\/","title":{"rendered":"A London court has denied Ukraine&#8217;s request to extradite MP Artem Dmytruk."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex flex-col text-sm pb-25\">\n<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none [--shadow-height:45px] has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none has-data-writing-block:-mt-(--shadow-height) has-data-writing-block:pt-(--shadow-height) [&#038;:has([data-writing-block])>*]:pointer-events-auto scroll-mt-[calc(var(&#8211;header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]&#8221; dir=&#8221;auto&#8221; tabindex=&#8221;-1&#8243; data-turn-id=&#8221;request-69a6a13f-a3fc-832a-a608-afffe806c36e-8&#8243; data-testid=&#8221;conversation-turn-56&#8243; data-scroll-anchor=&#8221;true&#8221; data-turn=&#8221;assistant&#8221;><\/p>\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\" tabindex=\"-1\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&#038;]:mt-1\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"ac1f8ac5-bad6-49d5-bab3-1788f3397b92\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-3\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[1px]\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full wrap-break-word dark markdown-new-styling\"><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"74\" data-end=\"236\"> <strong><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Westminster Magistrates&#8217; Court<\/span><\/span> in London has refused to extradite wanted MP <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Artem Dmytruk<\/span><\/span> to Ukraine.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-start\"> Business Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20260304983338\/en\/Amsterdam-Partners-LLP-Announces-Artem-Dmytruk-Wins-Landmark-Extradition-Case-Following-Torture-at-Hands-of-Ukrainian-Authorities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\"><u>reports<\/u><\/a> this, citing the law firm Amsterdam&#038;Partners LLP.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"344\" data-end=\"520\"> It is noted that the court rejected the extradition request, citing Article 8 <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">of the European Convention on Human Rights<\/span><\/span> , which guarantees the right to respect for private and family life.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"522\" data-end=\"744\"> The company claimed that Dmitruk was allegedly tortured by <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">the Security Service of Ukraine<\/span><\/span> in March 2022. Based on this, the defense argued that his transfer to Ukraine could violate this right.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"746\" data-end=\"867\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"> The law firm also noted that Ukraine now has 14 days to decide whether to appeal the court&#8217;s decision. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"z-0 flex min-h-[46px] justify-start\"> Also follow <strong>&#8220;Pryamy&#8221;<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">X<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram.<\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"mt-3 w-full empty:hidden\"><\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<p><\/article>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":1261459,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76875,76894],"class_list":["post-1365769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-other-news","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1365769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1365769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1365769\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1261459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1365769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1365769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}