Pressure builds in Spain to deny US extradition request for leftwing donor

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Key government meeting this month will consider US bid to try James ‘Fergie’ Chambers over alleged support for Hamas Attorneys for James “Fergie” Chambers, the US citizen and wealthy donor to leftwing and humanitarian projects worldwide who is curren…

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  • Reported by The Guardian and published Sun, 13 Sep 2026 12:00:03 UTC.

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