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posted by janrinok on Sunday February 25 2018, @07:44PM   Printer-friendly
from the pound-of-flesh dept.

Ecuador's foreign minister has blamed Britain over the stalemate surrounding WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange following rekindled attempts to secure his safe exit from Quito's embassy in London.

"On the issue of mediation, I have to say very honestly that it has not been successful because two parties are needed to mediate, [sic]" Maria Fernanda Espinosa, the Ecuadorian foreign minister, told reporters Friday with respect to the Assange case, Agence France-Presse translated.

"Ecuador is willing but the other party is not," she added, referring to Britain, according to Reuters.

On the other hand, from the same source, and as we have already reported:

British authorities argue that Mr. Assange, an Australian, was under house arrest when he entered the embassy and should be apprehended for having breached his bail conditions if and when he exits.

Source: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/23/ecuador-blames-britain-over-julian-assange-impasse/


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  • (Score: 2) by Whoever on Sunday February 25 2018, @10:09PM (3 children)

    by Whoever (4524) on Sunday February 25 2018, @10:09PM (#643601) Journal

    The bail bondsman is out some amount of money.

    Not true. Actually, some wealthy folk in the UK are out of what to them is a small amount of money. The UK doesn't have bail bondsmen.

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  • (Score: 0, Troll) by frojack on Sunday February 25 2018, @10:32PM (2 children)

    by frojack (1554) on Sunday February 25 2018, @10:32PM (#643610) Journal

    What is a surety and what happens if the defendant flees?
    A surety or sureties will put a sum of money in the hands of the court as a guarantee that the defendant will not abscond during a case if they are granted bail.

    The sum of money or value of assets required to grant a defendant bail will be decided by the court.

    If the defendant does flee the surety will forfeit the money or asset.

    Calling it a different are doesn't mean you don't have the same thing. You don't have potato chips in the UK either by that reasoning.

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    • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Whoever on Sunday February 25 2018, @11:03PM

      by Whoever (4524) on Sunday February 25 2018, @11:03PM (#643625) Journal

      I didn't say that the UK doesn't have a bail system. Can't you read?

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 26 2018, @08:14PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 26 2018, @08:14PM (#644146)

      It's called a surety in the US too. For example, I got sent to jail awaiting trial on 100k cash assurety. Unless otherwise specified, only 10% of this amount needs to be posted. The 10% is "bond". If "no 10%" is specified, it's just a surety. Easiest way is to just call everything bail.