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I think it's mroe depressing that -this- kind of a situation can escalate into these proportions. Just like the guy in UK who had a linksite and got sentenced to 4 years in prison.
Ho ho ho Assange being dragged out of Ecuadorian Embassy?
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Tuthmes
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Yeah, bankers can fkup billions and never get a jail sentence, but if you setup an "illegal" site (copyright, wikileaks) you'll get 4 years or more.
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It's depressing when Ecuador is a bastion of freedom greater than ours
This.
Also - I particularly love the police's long-time policy of coming under cover of darkness. I understand the practicalities of pre-dawn raids on drug dealers etc, but coming to arrest a guy who everybody knows is locked inside an embassy in the middle of the night, rather than in the day, is simple harassment.
They wanted him to get the fuck out of bed, rather than coming at a more civilised hour.
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Really?
You know there isn't even an arrest warrant for him in sweden, merely a request for interview which has been forced through shady wording in an eu international warrant treaty?
Also the girls involves were both bragging about sleeping with him on twitter and text messages afterwards and telling their friends how wonderful he was - until they found out he was sleeping with them both?
He's also offered to be interviewed by video link or answer any written questions but sweden has refused to accept this.
Oh and the first swedish prosecutor this went to, basically dismissed it, so they found another one :/
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Equador have said that the UK and Sweden refused to give guarantees that Assange would not be extradited to another country and that he would only face the legal process in Sweden.
They also sought assurances from the US that they would not attempt to extradite from Sweden - which weren't forthcoming.
This is cut-and-dried oppression IMO.
They also sought assurances from the US that they would not attempt to extradite from Sweden - which weren't forthcoming.
This is cut-and-dried oppression IMO.
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It would take an idiot of amazing proportion, to not see this for the bullshit it is.
The guy hasn't done anything wrong, he exposed some truths, probably has more truths up his sleeve, and the US is doing everything it can to keep him quiet and shut him up for good.
Total ballocks, and it actually scares me that they can get away with it.
The guy hasn't done anything wrong, he exposed some truths, probably has more truths up his sleeve, and the US is doing everything it can to keep him quiet and shut him up for good.
Total ballocks, and it actually scares me that they can get away with it.
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The moment we breach the Vienna Convention in any way, shape or form we total fuck our own security services operating from our embassies abroad right in the arse by making them fair game. The Yanks are pressuring us to go in but it will be a total disaster for Britain if we do. Arresting him inside the embassy or at the airport when he will likely be under diplomatic immunity will make no difference, it will breach Vienna and there will be a price for us to pay.
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- Article 22. The premises of a diplomatic mission, such as an embassy, are inviolate and must not be entered by the host country except by permission of the head of the mission. Furthermore, the host country must protect the mission from intrusion or damage. The host country must never search the premises, nor seize its documents or property. Article 30 extends this provision to the private residence of the diplomats.
- Article 27. The host country must permit and protect free communication between the diplomats of the mission and their home country. A diplomatic bag must never be opened even on suspicion of abuse. A diplomatic courier must never be arrested or detained.
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Yes and you lot whining like a bunch of school girls and trying to expand the case isn't going to change my opinion that this is nothing more than an extradition case in terms of our legal system, when it comes to that he has lost on many levels and has run off to hide in the embassy of his questionable fair weather friend. I personally don't agree with doing anything to gain access to the embassy but then I don't think have to because no matter what happens he isn't going to actually be able to escape from the UK very easily, plus if the US really wants him then it'll just be a matter of time.
As to the implied diplomatic immunity, diplomatic bags, etc - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18521881
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Your opinion is clearly idiotic, Emb. Clearly.
You are clearly a cripple with selective reading abilities and your usual drum to bang...shock horror.
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They need only appoint him as a diplomatic courier or U.N. representative, he can legally walk out under his own steam and if we try to arrest him under diplomatic papers we start a shitstorm that will see our own security services abroad and diplomatic staff snapped up off the streets in less friendly countries.
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Ok, so back that up with an explanation please.
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Not true. Lets look at the whole thing as specified by you:
What are you trying to say then? That "we've acted in a legal manner"? Yes. Yes we have. We've probably obeyed the law, to the letter.
But not the spirit eh? It's an abuse of our legal system. An obvious one. Politically motivated.
Did you really pull out the "but itz t3h lawz!!!!!" excuse for justifying obvious political persecution?
That's weak. Especially for you.
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The Get-him-to-Ecuador job, or the Send-him-to-Yankland one?
Jeesus. It's a hell of a palava for publishing true governmental records eh?
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All they gotta do is have the cast from The Only Way is Essex perform hits from "Crazy Frog: The musical".
A couple of hours of that, and Assange will run out the front door with a machete and a white powdery top lip screaming "say hello to my little friend"
A couple of hours of that, and Assange will run out the front door with a machete and a white powdery top lip screaming "say hello to my little friend"
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Fuck not given. Get the cunt out, drag him by the balls and make sure he answers the charges laid before him. It's as simple as that, and the only way it wouldn't be is if those charges were fabricated for political reasons. And those reasons can fuck off.
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Yeah seriously, what charges? He has been extradited under an eu warrant that allows extraditions for interview requests.........
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It is astounding to me, that you can "not give a fuck" about governments fabricating bullshit to silence the truth about them.
The World and many of the people in it, are fucked up man. Fucked up.
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He's wanted for questioning about a possible rape accusation that a judge had already thrown out as without merit, but a replacement judge re-instated. He's not been charged and they are refusing to come and question him - as has been offered.
This leads to the obvious and un-ignorable political angle. Do you honestly have nothing better to say about this than "those reasons can fuck off"?
As for "retard" - I just wanted to throw an abusive word in there. Y'know, keep with the atmos