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The swiss gov would need to find a new way to grant asylum first - as since a couple of months, one needs to apply for asylum directly in Switzerland.
by spacefight 12y ago
The swiss gov would need to find a new way to grant asylum first - as since a couple of months, one needs to apply for asylum directly in Switzerland.
- EthanHeilman 12y agoThe Swiss embassy in Moscow, Russia[0] is Swiss territory. This is how Julian Assange got asylum as well. [0]: http://www.eda.admin.ch/moscow http://www.eda.admin.ch/moscow
- ck2 12y agoI saw something recently where British taxpayers have paid millions now in overtime because the government insists on 24/7 police surrounding the embassy where Assange has been living.
- RexRollman 12y agoServes them right.
- toomuchtodo 12y agoHelicopter?
- m1596 12y agoThat seems like an unnecessarily spiteful act to me. An expensive game of cat & mouse. I can't believe that British taxpayers aren't the least bit miffed at the government taking their tax dollars and wasting it on something as frivolous as this.
- ibisum 12y agoI think the problem is more that there is a large segment of the British populace who actually want this policing to occur, and thats why its happening. To some segments of British society, there is nothing more abhorrent than someone trying to 'take down the state' or 'step out of their position in line' .. if it were not the case, it wouldn't be happening. The British people get the government they want ..
- tptacek 12y agoNot that it impacts the point you're trying to make, but it's a misconception that embassies are the territories of the countries they represent. The Swiss embassy in Moscow is Russian sovereign territory.
- eps 12y agoHa! Indeed - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplomatic_mission#Extraterritoriality http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplomatic_mission#Extraterrito...