Assange is not in the U.K., he's in Ecuador. Specifically, the Ecuadoran embassy in London. Now the U.S. and Ecuador also have a treaty but I don't read lawyer

Assange is not in the U.K., he's in Ecuador. Specifically, the Ecuadoran embassy in London. Now the U.S. and Ecuador also have a treaty but I don't read lawyer well enough, especially not old-timey lawyer, to know whether it would apply to anything Assange might be charged with. It does say it "shall not be applicable to crimes or offences of a political character" and I'm sure that's how Assange would characterize it (and I think that's at least partially why Ecuador has been housing him). But the U.S. hasn't charged him with anything so there's nothing for Ecuador to extradite him for yet. In any case, the claim is a nice excuse to avoid jail in Sweden.