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..and this my friends is why Julian Assange wants nothing to do with being extradited there. Of course, there's also the fact that he'd be shipped to the US onc
by walru 14y ago
..and this my friends is why Julian Assange wants nothing to do with being extradited there. Of course, there's also the fact that he'd be shipped to the US once they actually found him again.
- tptacek 14y agoIt is no easier to extradite Assange from Sweden than it is from the UK, where he currently resides; both countries are parties to the ECHR. In fact, it's probably harder, as the consent of both the UK and Sweden would probably be required to extradite once he was removed to Sweden.
- tisme 14y agoThis is most likely false. You are stating this as a fact but there is some proof to the contrary: Sweden has already extradited people to the US in cases where they really shouldn't have whereas the UK has so far been quite reluctant to do so, see the Gary McKinnon case recently. More info here: http://justice4assange.com/US-Extradition.html#WSJA http://justice4assange.com/US-Extradition.html#WSJA
- tptacek 14y agoIt looks like maybe you didn't read my whole comment.
- tisme 14y agoIt looks like maybe you didn't read the linked page.
- vidarh 14y agoThe "double consent" requirement is irrelevant all the time Sweden has in recent history violated their own laws as well as international treaties to hand political asylum seekers to the CIA for shipment back to the very regime they were fleeing from. Meanwhile, the UK actually relatively regularly refuse extradition requests. If I worried about the US government, I know very well where I'd rather be, and Sweden would be _far_ down that list.