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Could the timing of this somehow be Brexit related?
by Neil44 10y ago
Could the timing of this somehow be Brexit related?
- lazyjones 10y agoIt could also be related to his announcement regarding compromising material against Hillary Clinton (i.e. Killary wants him dead ;-)): http://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/jun/12/wikileaks-to-publish-more-hillary-clinton-emails-julian-assange http://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/jun/12/wikileaks-to-pu... But let's not get carried away with wild theories...
- johnflan 10y agoInteresting point
- tptacek 10y agoProbably not. The ECHR is formally part of the UK's law; simply exiting the EU won't revoke it. Brexit would mean that no part of Assange's case would be appealable to the European Court of Justice while Assange was in the UK, but that seems like less a big deal. This probably has more to do with the UN working group findings from earlier this year, and with the fact that Assange has imposed on himself a longer period of house arrest than he probably would have faced even if he'd been found guilty in Sweden.