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Source: theguardian.com

<p>James ‘Fergie’ Chambers, in prison in Spain, has applied for asylum as US seeks extradition over alleged Hamas support</p><p>US authorities seized wealthy activist James “Fergie” Chambers’s cellphone at some point after Spanish police arrested him <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/15/james-fergie-chambers-arrest-palestine-aid-trump" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">in July</a> without notifying him or his attorneys, the Guardian has learned.</p><p>Chambers, a US citizen and wealthy donor to leftwing and humanitarian projects, is imprisoned in Madrid. His case is the first known instance of the US seeking to extradite a citizen over alleged support for Hamas, an accusation tied to money Chambers has donated to support Palestinians, including the <a href="https://thesameerproject.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Sameer Project</a>, in Gaza.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/25/fbi-spain-james-fergie-chambers-cox" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a>

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