I don't find many or any facts at all in your post. Just a whole lot of tentative speculation. As for the sealed indictment in the U.S., that's not a very well kept secret. It's not a "conspiracy" at all, it's simply a fact.
Say what you will of England, they have laws that protect Assange from being extradited to the U.S., Sweeden, not so much.
Wikileaks Assange Persecuted by US?
Re: Wikileaks Assange Persecuted by US?
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Re: Wikileaks Assange Persecuted by US?
by Boris Johnson » Mon Sep 17, 2012 11:05 am
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Re: Wikileaks Assange Persecuted by US?
by Boris Johnson » Mon Sep 17, 2012 11:51 am
How is citing the ECHR now like 5 times, not presenting a fact? It dictates very clearly what Sweden can and cannot do in this case.
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Re: Wikileaks Assange Persecuted by US?
by Boris Johnson » Mon Sep 17, 2012 11:53 am
And the conspiracy im referring to her was the notion that the very accusations of sexual assult are a CIA set up, which TDB and several other commentators in the media have claimed several times now.
Not to mention these claims that there is some sort of pending extradition request from the U.S to Sweden regarding Assange.
Not to mention these claims that there is some sort of pending extradition request from the U.S to Sweden regarding Assange.
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Re: Wikileaks Assange Persecuted by US?
by Boris Johnson » Mon Sep 17, 2012 11:56 am
Also facts in my post(s).
-That Assange exhausted the legal system of Appeal in the U.K
-That both the U.K and Sweden have both signed and ratified the ECHR (its acted on a lot here, causing many a lulz and many a butthurt Tory backbencher).
-The ECHR expressly prohibits an extradition of an individual to a country with the death penalty for any charge that might carry the possibility of the death penalty (again, acted on several times before, most recently with a guy who's probably a terrorist being sent to Jordan was halted because of an appeal to the ECHR (the court, not the convention))
-That Assange broke his conditions of bail in the U.K by hiding in the Ecuadorian embassy.
-That only one of the sexual assault/rape charges was ever dropped.
I can go and cite all this for you if you want, but given that I presumed you'd be informed on the facts of the matter in this case JD I thought it unnecessary.
-That Assange exhausted the legal system of Appeal in the U.K
-That both the U.K and Sweden have both signed and ratified the ECHR (its acted on a lot here, causing many a lulz and many a butthurt Tory backbencher).
-The ECHR expressly prohibits an extradition of an individual to a country with the death penalty for any charge that might carry the possibility of the death penalty (again, acted on several times before, most recently with a guy who's probably a terrorist being sent to Jordan was halted because of an appeal to the ECHR (the court, not the convention))
-That Assange broke his conditions of bail in the U.K by hiding in the Ecuadorian embassy.
-That only one of the sexual assault/rape charges was ever dropped.
I can go and cite all this for you if you want, but given that I presumed you'd be informed on the facts of the matter in this case JD I thought it unnecessary.
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Re: Wikileaks Assange Persecuted by US?
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Re: Wikileaks Assange Persecuted by US?
by Boris Johnson » Tue Sep 18, 2012 3:54 am
More info, from the court itself.
http://www.echr.coe.int/NR/rdonlyres/21 ... ons_EN.pdf
The relevant legal precedent being Chahal v. United Kingdom 15/11/1996
Why this whole 'extradition' thing is full of holes.
http://www.echr.coe.int/NR/rdonlyres/21 ... ons_EN.pdf
The relevant legal precedent being Chahal v. United Kingdom 15/11/1996
Why this whole 'extradition' thing is full of holes.
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Re: Wikileaks Assange Persecuted by US?
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