The defense lawyer for a Russian man alleged to be one of the world's biggest arms dealers said Friday that his client would not receive a fair trial if extradited to the United States. The United States is seeking the extradition from Thailand of Viktor Bout, who has been indicted in the U.S. on four terrorism-related charges. He was arrested in Thailand on March 6. "My client is innocent. We are trying to prove that he would not get a fair trial in the U.S.," defense attorney Chamroen Panompakakorn said in a hearing at Bangkok Criminal Court. Chamroen gave as an example the case of Hambali, alleged to have been a key Muslim terrorist leader in Southeast Asia. Hambali, an Indonesian whose real name is Riduan Isamuddin, was captured in Thailand in 2003 and later transferred to the U.S. military jail at Guantanamo Bay where he...
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