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This argument holds absolutely no water. It has been said a million times, but if Assange was extradited to Sweden, in that case in order for him to be extradi
by rtpg 12y ago
This argument holds absolutely no water.
It has been said a million times, but if Assange was extradited to Sweden, in that case in order for him to be extradited to the US they would need approval of Sweden AND of the UK per the extradition treaties
Extraditing Assange to Sweden makes it harder for him to end up on the US.
- vidarh 12y agoYou missed the part were Sweden has illegally handed people over to the US before, perhaps. They've shown a willingness to blatantly violate both Swedish and international law to satisfy US requests in the past. Why should Assange trust they won't do the same in his case?
- rmc 12y agoWhy trust the UK? They helped the US invade Iraq. You think the UK will stand up for "terrorists"? They removed trail by jury to tackle some of their own terrorists
- foobarqux 12y agoThey would no longer need the approval of UK courts.