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>But conveniently when he was refusing to go to Sweden he was not on UK soil Except he wasnt. He was Wandsworth prison and later free on bail. For the avoidenc
by blitzar 4y ago
>But conveniently when he was refusing to go to Sweden he was not on UK soil
Except he wasnt. He was Wandsworth prison and later free on bail. For the avoidence of doubt, it is Her Majestys Prison Wandsworth, which is sovereign, inviolable, land of Her Majesty the Queen of the UK.
The case was fought, in person at the Royal Courts of Justice, again sovereign, inviolable, land of Her Majesty the Queen of the UK.
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/dec/16/julian-assange-freed-on-bail https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/dec/16/julian-assange...
He fled to the Ecuadorean embassy after he failed to fight extradition and failed on appeal to be extradited to sweden.
If the US wanted to file for extradition, the UK had him in custody in 2010.
- mariusor 4y agoGood point, thank you for the correction.