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Showing Original Post only (View all)If the US wants Julian Assange, why not extradite him directly from the UK? [View all]
Surely the UK is closer ally of the US and would be more likely to agree to the extradition? I would understand the arguments much better if Assange was attempting to avoid being extradited to the UK.
I tried to Google this but all I could find were statements that it would be harder, if anything, to extradite Assange from Sweden than from the UK (for one thing, apparently both the UK and Sweden would have to agree to the extradition in this case).
Are there any even semi-plausible theories for this?
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If the US wants Julian Assange, why not extradite him directly from the UK? [View all]
Nye Bevan
May 2013
OP
Assange has not been in UK custody. That's thje same as US>--He's in Ecuador embassy
librechik
May 2013
#2
He was arrested in the UK in 2010, but did not hole up in the Ecuadorian embassy until June 2012.
Nye Bevan
May 2013
#4
"Mr Assange was arrested by appointment at a London police station at 0930 GMT. "
Nye Bevan
May 2013
#20
He was in UK custody for 2 years before he bolted to the Ecuadoran embassy...nt
SidDithers
May 2013
#5
According to this link, the US does *not* need to supply prima facie evidence
Nye Bevan
May 2013
#10
You need to read clauses in context: the UK requires a warrant or conviction to extradite.
leveymg
May 2013
#37
UK has charges on him now--he violated his bail and disregarded the directives of the court.
MADem
May 2013
#46
They've got "custody." They just don't have to make him dinner or call the doctor if he's sick.
MADem
May 2013
#49
So, what? The Austrialian and UK press reports that there will be. The U.S. press reports that
Luminous Animal
May 2013
#25
Sorry. I can't trust the latest U.S. government anonymous sources to deliver the truth.
Luminous Animal
May 2013
#29
Until an indictment is unsealed, there are no grounds to extradite him to the U.S.
leveymg
May 2013
#34
"... Sweden (as the UK) is party to the European Convention of Human Rights. The convention has been
struggle4progress
May 2013
#41