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> European friends would rather break international law, and try and stop an asylum request, than let him go. I am confused; I thought airspace was sovereign t
by eshvk 13y ago
> European friends would rather break international law, and try and stop an asylum request, than let him go.
I am confused; I thought airspace was sovereign territory. As a country, are you not allowed to allow or deny access to anyone you wish to allow ? I am not clear where the breaking of international law comes.
- moocowduckquack 13y agoTry grounding Air Force One by denying travel over Europe half way through a flight and then holding the US president for twelve hours against his will on the basis that you want to search his plane for a suspect and see how far you get under international law by claiming that it is fine because your airspace is sovereign territory. Part of international law is that sovereignty has to respect sovereignty.
- pyrophane 13y agoSort of. It could be considered a violation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which states that "Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution."
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- ivanhoe 13y agoIt might constitute the breaking of Vienna Convention http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vienna_Convention_on_Diplomatic_Relations http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vienna_Convention_on_Diplomatic.... Usually diplomatic cars, airplanes, etc. are not to be stopped and particularly not to be searched by local police, so this was a HUGE diplomatic screw up, especially since Snowden wasn't on the plane.