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The extradition treaty between the USA and the UK prohibits political extraditions. Assange's extradition is plainly political. His lawyers argued this point in
by masfuerte 3y ago
The extradition treaty between the USA and the UK prohibits political extraditions. Assange's extradition is plainly political. His lawyers argued this point in court. The judges explained that a treaty is not a law so it is irrelevant to an English court. In Britain you literally have no right to challenge an extradition for being contrary to the treaty that enables it.