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Julian Assange Served With Extradition Notice By British Police
An anonymous reader writes "London's Metropolitan Police have delivered an 'Extradition Notice' to Julian Assange, the Wikileaks founder, who sought refuge and political asylum in the Ecuadorian embassy in London last week. Scotland Yard have said in a brief statement that 'the notice requires Julian Assange to attend a police station of our choosing at a set time.' SY also said, 'This is standard procedure in extradition cases and is the first step in the removal process. He remains in breach of his bail conditions and failure to surrender would be a further breach of those conditions and he is liable to arrest.' However, under international diplomatic arrangements, the British Metropolitan Police cannot actually go into the Ecuadorian embassy to arrest Mr Assange. Assange would have to leave the embassy to be lawfully arrested. This raises the following question of course: Is this the 'endgame' for Julian Assange as far as extradition is concerned? If the Ecuadorians fail to grant Assange political asylum, which is a possibility, will he be arrested by Metropolitan Police, and sent to Sweden to stand trial for two alleged counts of 'rape?' Will Sweden then hand Assange over to the United States, where many well known and quite senior politicians have publicly stated that they think 'Assange should be punished severely' for publishing confidential U.S. diplomatic cables on Wikileaks?"
Even then, it needs to be under quotes.
More bullshit, the quotes provide no context or explanation for their presence.
If any of you ACTUALLY CARED about clearing up the confusion about definitions, you'd be avoiding those quotes like the plague and, instead, explaining the law in Sweden.
The quotes do nothing to clarify anything.
The joke is that telling a girl she's pretty to get her in bed is rape in Sweden.
That's the basis of the "rape" charge. He told a common falsehood to help "seal the deal" and is being saught for rape charges on it. What he's accused of doing is legal everywhere else on the planet, so far as I can tell. "You are the only one for me" gets man sent to prison. That's the joke.
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His work? What do you mean? What change has happened as a result of his work?
Gitmo closed?
Any wars ended?
Conflict in Syria solved?
Government corruption ended?
Greek financial crisis solved?
World peace?
But seriously, please explain what good has come from his actions? Because all I see is some weasel egomaniac enjoying the spotlight.
In fact, it seems to be the kettle with plenty dirty laundry airing the pot's dirty laundry.