If you're referring to Assange, as I understand it he'd already spoken with prosecutors once and they explicitly declined to prosecute. He was not under any ord

If you're referring to Assange, as I understand it he'd already spoken with prosecutors once and they explicitly declined to prosecute. He was not under any order not to leave, so he didn't "flee the country". I would probably decline to return to some country for my transparently politically-motivated prosecution too.