Lauri Love

Lauri Love is a Finnish-British dual citizen who successfully defeated a U.S. extradition request in 2018, when he was indicted for allegedly defacing the Justice Department’s website in protest of the DOJ’s persecution of Aaron Swartz. Love’s use of the Forum Bar helped create a precedent that could help others facing similar extradition requests.

• Lauri Love’s forum bar precedent lives onJuly 31, 2018
  Stuart Scott becomes the second UK citizen to benefit from post-McKinnon extradition protections
• Love v USA is over. But what does it mean?March 27, 2018
  The benefits of Lauri Love’s extradition victory won’t be felt by him alone
• No US Appeal to Lauri Love RulingMarch 20, 2018
  The High Court has prevented the US from appealing Lauri Love’s extradition decision, so the 5 February 2018 ruling stands in full; Lauri Love: “The era of the US Department of Justice as world police is over.”
• It’s official: #NoLove4USGovFebruary 19, 2018
  Huge victory for Lauri Love – and for Courage – as US concedes that “oppressive” extradition will not go ahead
• Barrett Brown, Rev. Love and more discuss Lauri’s case before tomorrow’s hearingNovember 28, 2017
  Barrett explains the conditions he endured in US prisons and why Lauri would be at even greater risk, while Rev. Love and others discuss problems with the US-UK Extradition Treaty and the disparity in how the two countries treat computer crimes
• MPs ask: has 10 Downing Street done anything to help Lauri Love?November 20, 2017
  Parliamentarians from all parties request that Theresa May ask Donald Trump to allow Lauri to be tried in the UK
• 114 British MPs call on Obama to stop Lauri Love’s extraditionOctober 27, 2016
  Letter sent to the US President demonstrates strong support for Lauri across the political spectrum
• British Judge rules that Lauri Love can be extradited to the United States on hacking chargesSeptember 16, 2016
  Lauri Love can appeal the ruling at a higher court, speaks outside of the courtroom after the ruling; Sarah Harrison condemns the decision; Lauri’s legal counsel vow appeal
• Friday 16 September – Lauri Love extradition rulingSeptember 5, 2016
  At 2pm on Friday 16 September, District Judge Nina Tempia will hand down her ruling on whether Lauri Love should be protected from extradition to the United States, where he faces a potential 99-year prison sentence
• Roots Action and Courage team up to help Lauri LoveAugust 8, 2016
  Courage and US-based activist organisation Roots Action are collaborating to raise funds for British computer scientist Lauri Love as he awaits an extradition ruling on 16 September 2016
• Lauri Love calls for fair play and justice as extradition hearing concludesJuly 28, 2016
  Ruling scheduled for 16 September 2016; Property Act hearing postponed; Lauri Love appears at HOPE conference via videolink
• Full coverage of Lauri Love’s extradition hearing, day 2June 29, 2016
  In the second day of Love’s hearing, the court heard testimony from Lauri himself, the CEO of Hacker House, representatives from Jeremy Hammond’s and Barrett Brown’s support networks, and Lauri’s US lawyer, Tor Ekeland; final oral arguments to be held in the coming weeks
• Lauri Love to testify in extradition hearing day 2, on hacking for social goodJune 28, 2016
  While day one of Lauri Love’s extradition hearing focused on his mental health and potential for poor treatment in a US prison, today’s hearing will turn toward Lauri’s current work at Hacker House, harnessing cybersecurity talents for social good
• Full coverage of Lauri Love’s extradition hearing, day 1June 28, 2016
  A comprehensive Storify of today’s extradition hearing in London, where the court heard testimony regarding Lauri Love’s Asperger Syndrome and depression, and how he would fare if imprisoned in the United States; tomorrow we’ll hear about how digital activists are treated in US prisons
• History repeats itself as Lauri Love fights extradition to the United StatesJune 27, 2016
  Two-day hearing expected to be first major test of the post-McKinnon forum bar; Gary McKinnon’s mother says, “We burned our witches, don’t crucify our geeks.”
• Lauri Love’s extradition hearing is just a week awayJune 20, 2016
  Tuesday 28 and Wednesday 29 June at Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London; come show your solidarity at the hearing and related actions afterwards
• Lauri Love: court rejects extension of police powersMay 10, 2016
  Sarah Harrison: “By making a stand for his own privacy Lauri Love has prevented a further erosion of rights for everyone in the UK, at a time when the ability to store and convey information securely is at risk all over the world.”
• Tuesday 10 May: Lauri Love ruling may create dangerous new police powersApril 28, 2016
  Decision in Love’s property case will have serious implications for journalists, advocates, activists, whistleblowers, members of the legal profession and other groups who handle sensitive communications or other data
• Love must prevail: Tuesday hearing marks a new skirmish in the cryptowarsApril 11, 2016
  Julian Assange says “Lauri Love is fighting this case for the rights of all UK residents against excessive and abusive policing. Because the UK is a laboratory for these kinds of repressive policies, the case will also have wide-reaching repercussions internationally.”
• Free Love funding drive: save Lauri from US extraditionApril 5, 2016
  On 12 April at 2pm, Lauri Love will appear at Westminster Magistrate’s Court challenging an attempt by the UK’s NCA to compel him to hand over his encryption keys
• Lauri Love fights compelled decryption on 12 AprilMarch 31, 2016
  2pm, London, West Magistrate’s Court; Richie Tynan of Privacy International: “This is the first time we have heard of a UK agency using two different legal mechanisms to compel the decryption of data”
• Lauri Love launches legal action to get his property backNovember 3, 2015
  The UK’s National Crime Agency will have questions to answer at Lauri Love’s extradition hearing in April
• Courage beneficiary Lauri Love explains significance of TalkTalk hack for BBC NewsnightOctober 26, 2015
  “Pretty much anyone who has signed up their personal information to a website has had it compromised in some way”
• Announcement: Lauri Love website launched, extradition battle imminentJuly 29, 2015
  Lauri thanks Courage in a statement; campaign to fund legal team fighting Love’s extradition has launched
• #FreeLauri – Your letter can help Lauri Love beat extradition to the USJuly 19, 2015
  Lauri Love won a landmark ruling against compelled decryption in the UK, standing up for his rights and yours. Now we’ve got to win Round 2