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UK Said Assange Would Not be Extradited If He Leaves Embassy Refuge

posted by martyb on Friday October 26 2018, @09:31PM   Printer-friendly
from the Come-out-come-out-wherever-you-are dept.

Fluffeh writes:

The United Kingdom told Ecuador in August that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange would not be extradited if he left the country's London embassy, where he has lived under asylum since 2012, Ecuador's top government attorney said on Thursday.

[...] Salvador said Ecuador passed on the UK's response to Assange's lawyers, but noted that if Assange stayed in the embassy Ecuador would put new conditions on his stay. "Mr. Assange had a choice between turning himself in to British authorities with those assurances, or staying in the embassy of Ecuador, but given that the asylum had lasted six years with no signs of immediate resolution we were going to place certain rules." Salvador said at a news conference.

[...] The relationship between Assange and Ecuador has grown increasingly tense in the past year. Assange filed a lawsuit in an Ecuadorean court last week claiming the new asylum terms, which require him to pay for medical bills and telephone calls and to clean up after his pet cat, violate his rights.

Previously:
Julian Assange Sues Ecuador for "Violating His Fundamental Rights".

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  • (Score: 2) by MostCynical on Friday October 26 2018, @10:09PM (2 children)

    by MostCynical (2589) on Friday October 26 2018, @10:09PM (#754261) Journal

    It was unclear if the UK’s assurances were still valid. Assange’s legal team did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office referred to Foreign Office Minister Alan Duncan’s June statement that Assange would be treated “humanely and properly” if he left the embassy.

    "Properly" could still include extradition.

    TFA also says he'd still be up for six months in prison for violating his bail conditions.. were those charges later withdrawn?

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  • (Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Friday October 26 2018, @10:31PM

    by MichaelDavidCrawford (2339) Subscriber Badge <mdcrawford@gmail.com> on Friday October 26 2018, @10:31PM (#754278) Homepage Journal

    At least not in the states I know about.

    However, Sweden is a completely different country with a completely different legal tradition.

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by RandomFactor on Saturday October 27 2018, @11:10PM

    by RandomFactor (3682) Subscriber Badge on Saturday October 27 2018, @11:10PM (#754554) Journal

    My first thought was "six months of prison" just do it and get it the heck over with.
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    My second thought was "six months of prison" during which they can reevaluate that decision not to extradite...

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