Alexei Burkov, the Russian hacker who is imprisoned in Israel, on Tuesday made a personal request to Justice Minister Amir Ohana asking him not to approve his extradition to the US.
Burkov based his appeal to Ohana on Article 17 of the European Convention on extradition which calls on the official making the decision on extradition not to make a biased decision and not to violate the laws of the European Convention.
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