Whether India and the US are signing a new extradition treaty or ___amending____ the existing one is somewhat unclear, but there is no doubt that India’s extradition requests have usually been turned down by western ___democracies____. For instance, when India requested the extradition of the JKLF leader, Amanullah Khan, who was visiting the US four years ago, a US law court turned down the Indian request. So did a judge in Belgium when Khan went to Belgium: The reason is that our extradition treaties with all western nations ___forbid____ the extradition of a person on two grounds: (I) if he is caused or ____convicted___ of an offence of a political nature, and (II) if he won’t get a fair trial in the country requesting his extradition. Unfortunately for India, its human right record is so dismal that Khan had no difficulty convincing a US and Belgian judge against his ____deportation___ on the ground that Indian law courts would be severely ___prejudiced_____ against him. Past experience shows that US and European judges have been ___sympathetic____ to fugitives whose extradition India has sought.