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> The act happened on a computer system with-in US jurisdiction. So let's say I google some information about Koran and find a website with Koran, analysis etc

> The act happened on a computer system with-in US jurisdiction. So let's say I google some information about Koran and find a website with Koran, analysis etc. Turns out it's hosted in Saudi Arabia, and the act of me, an atheist, reading Koran is blasphemy, punishable with death. So should I be extradited to Saudi Arabia, given that the act happened on a computer system with-in Saudi Arabia?

throw0101c 3y ago
> So should I be extradited to Saudi Arabia, given that the act happened on a computer system with-in Saudi Arabia? IANAL: AIUI, extradition generally only occurs if the (alleged) action is a crime in both jurisdiction. > If Country A has no laws against blasphemy, for example, a lack of double criminality could prevent a suspect from being extradited from Country A to face blasphemy charges in another country, i.e. no outbound extradition from Country A, and neither are citizens of Country A eligible for international prisoner transfers from another country having criminally convicted them for blasphemy, i.e. no inbound prisoner transfer to Country A. * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_criminality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_criminality Blasphemy (against the Quran) is not a crime in (e.g.) the US, so generally you could not be extradited from there for it. Also, there is no the treaty: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabia–United_States_relations#Extradition_issues https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabia–United_States_rel... Whereas (say) unauthorized computer access is a crime in many places, and so it could be a mutual-crime eligible for extradition. Of course if you live in Country A and are charged in Country B which has no treaty with A, you could potentially (IANAL) be arrested in Country C—which does have a treaty with B—if you were travelling there.

throw0101c 3y ago

> So should I be extradited to Saudi Arabia, given that the act happened on a computer system with-in Saudi Arabia? IANAL: AIUI, extradition generally only occurs if the (alleged) action is a crime in both jurisdiction. > If Country A has no laws against blasphemy, for example, a lack of double criminality could prevent a suspect from being extradited from Country A to face blasphemy charges in another country, i.e. no outbound extradition from Country A, and neither are citizens of Country A eligible for international prisoner transfers from another country having criminally convicted them for blasphemy, i.e. no inbound prisoner transfer to Country A. * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_criminality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_criminality Blasphemy (against the Quran) is not a crime in (e.g.) the US, so generally you could not be extradited from there for it. Also, there is no the treaty: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabia–United_States_relations#Extradition_issues https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabia–United_States_rel... Whereas (say) unauthorized computer access is a crime in many places, and so it could be a mutual-crime eligible for extradition. Of course if you live in Country A and are charged in Country B which has no treaty with A, you could potentially (IANAL) be arrested in Country C—which does have a treaty with B—if you were travelling there.