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He doesn't have to actually leave the embassy, though, does he?
by higherpurpose 12y ago
He doesn't have to actually leave the embassy, though, does he?
- onion2k 12y agoTechnically I think he would as the inside of the embassy isn't considered part of the UK.
- Tomte 12y agoOf course it's part of the UK. Will the old urban legend about extraterritoriality never die?
- Kiro 12y agoSo how come the British police can't just walk in and arrest him?
- ctz 12y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vienna_Convention_on_Diplomatic_Relations http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vienna_Convention_on_Diplomatic...
- Tomte 12y agoWhy can't the police just enter your house and use your LEGO toys? Because the laws forbid them to. Not because your house is extraterritorial.
- Kiro 12y agoWhy the snarky comment? I was just wondering how it works.
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- wcummings 12y agoEcuador wouldn't be happy. They did threaten to do this a few years ago.
- vacri 12y agoIf you have your law enforcement just wander into embassies after common criminal suspects, it creates a precedent for other countries to do the same for your embassies. And it's not hard to accuse someone of a common crime, true or otherwise.
- koenigdavidmj 12y agoBecause if you interfere with a country's embassy, they kick all your diplomats out.
- chinathrow 12y agoNope. "My view has always been that to perform an interview with him at the Ecuadorean embassy in London would lower the quality of the interview, and that he would need to be present in Sweden in any case should there be a trial in the future," lead prosecutor Marianne Ny said in a statement. "Now that time is of the essence, I have viewed it therefore necessary to accept such deficiencies in the investigation and likewise take the risk that the interview does not move the case forward."