Swiss refuse to extradite Polanski to US

The Swiss government said on the 12 July 2010 that film director Roman Polanski would not be sent to the US, because of potential legal ambiguities in the US authorities’ extradition request.

The director, born in Poland and a survivor of the Warsaw ghetto, had been sought by the US authorities since fleeing California more than 30 years ago after pleading guilty to sex with an underage girl. He was arrested in Switzerland in 2009.

BBC News, 12.7.10: Switzerland rejects US extradition of Roman Polanski http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment_and_arts/10601930.stm

France24, 12.7.10: Polanski 'free' as Swiss reject extradition to US http://www.france24.com/en/20100712-polanski-switzerland-usa-child-sex-abuse-charges-extradition-decision

Swissinfo.ch, 12.7.10: Polanski will not be extradited to the US http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/specials/polanski/Polanski_will_not_be_extradited_to_the_US.html?cid=15389712

Switzerland: Federal Department of Justice and Police: Press Release, 12.7.10: http://www.ejpd.admin.ch/ejpd/en/home/dokumentation/mi/2010/2010-07-12.html

Tages-Anzeiger, 13.7.10: Swiss reject Polanski extradition (via PressEurop) http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/293041-swiss-reject-polanski-extradition

Spiegal Online International, 13.7.10: 'Polanski's Guilt Is Not a Concern of the Swiss' http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,706233,00.html

Swissinfo.ch: Specials: Roman Polanski http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/specials/polanski/index.html?cid=17948592

BBC News, 13.7.10: US 'disappointed' by Swiss Polanski extradition ruling http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment_and_arts/10609084.stm

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