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Not sure you understand that he might also be guilty of trahison against US. Should he be intercepted by US authorities, he would be given a hard time. That's w
by aragot 12y ago
Not sure you understand that he might also be guilty of trahison against US. Should he be intercepted by US authorities, he would be given a hard time. That's what he's fleeing against. Had it been the two alleged assaults alone, I'm confident anyone would have faced the trial.
- idlewan 12y agoIt's not possible to be guilty of treason against a country that is not your own.
- Xylakant 12y agoWell, as others have pointed out: Being in the UK actually makes is _more_ likely to be extradited to the US, since when he's in Sweden, both Sweden and the UK would have to agree to an extradition request. The UK is also not particularly well known for fighting US extradition requests. That's certainly not accounting for extralegal extradition, but that's a different pair of shoes. I don't think that being in Ecuador helps against that any better than being in Sweden. Given that, I have the feeling that he was actually trying to avoid the trial and using the fear of extradition to the US as a convenient excuse. I may quite well be wrong on that, but that's how I currently feel.
- antimagic 12y agoWhy would they need UK agreement to extradition if he's in Sweden???
- Tomte 12y agoBecause European law says so. Read the New Statesman article linked somewhere in this thread. You'll find that most of what people on the Internet say about the legal issues is factually wrong.
- contingencies 12y agoThe New Statesman article and its author David Allen Green have been extensively debunked. If you do choose to read it, read it in conjunction with http://justice4assange.com/extraditing-assange.html http://justice4assange.com/extraditing-assange.html to get the full picture.
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