[governance] Julian Assange extradition: Ecuador 'willing to co-operate' with Britain

[Carlos A. Afonso]

Good to know, Deirdre, thanks.

frt rgds

--c.a.

On 08/20/2012 02:23 PM, Deirdre Williams wrote:
> Yes - but the 1987 act, creating the power to revoke the status of a
> diplomatic mission,<http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/lords/1987/may/14/diplomatic-and-consular-premises-bill#S5LV0487P0_19870514_HOL_414>
> was
> passed by Parliament in the wake of the Libyan embassy crisis three years
> before, when PC Yvonne Fletcher was shot dead with a bullet fired from
> inside the embassy.
> 
> Ministers said they needed powers to revoke an embassy's status where the
> mission was not being used for a proper purpose connected to diplomacy.
> 
> The then Foreign Office Minister, Baroness Young, told the Lords at the
> time that the government had in mind a situation where a mission "was being
> used... in support of terrorist activity". In other words, the power was
> needed for exceptional circumstances.
> 
> Taken from: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18521881 - scroll down to heading
>  But aren't all embassies protected from interference?
> Deirdre
> 
> On 20 August 2012 12:34, Deirdre Williams <williams.deirdre at gmail.com>wrote:
> 
>> That was mentioned in the BBC reporting yesterday - in connection with
>> someone who allegedly shot a policewoman in London and then ducked into the
>> Libyan embassy.
>> Deirdre
>>
>> On 20 August 2012 12:29, Carlos A. Afonso <ca at cafonso.ca> wrote:
>>
>>> Well, precisely this announcement was what helped mobilize most South
>>> American countries in solidarity to Ecuador and endorsing its decision.
>>>
>>> BTW, what sort of terror or paranoia moved the UK Parliament to approve
>>> such Act in 1987? Those were Margareth Thatcher times which seem to be
>>> returning...
>>>
>>> frt rgds
>>>
>>> --c.a.
>>>
>>> On 08/20/2012 10:43 AM, Roland Perry wrote:
>>>> In message <50323028.7010006 at cafonso.ca>, at 09:40:08 on Mon, 20 Aug
>>>> 2012, Carlos A. Afonso <ca at cafonso.ca> writes
>>>>> Yes, really simple, unless... the UK announced its stupid intention to
>>>>> storm the Embassy.
>>>>
>>>> Except they didn't announce any intentions, just recounted some
>>>> circumstances (which don't apply to this case) where they might be able
>>>> to. As the reaction is, however, predictable, we must assume that
>>>> reaction was what they intended - although what small part this step
>>>> plays in the overall scheme of things we probably won't be able to tell
>>>> for some time.
>>>
>>>
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