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

[Riaz K Tayob]

And the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Immunity be damned (they UK 
threated to storm foreign territory, which is what an embassy is)? Which 
certainly has implications for faith in American Exceptionalism as a 
basis for CIR control.

So I guess the taking of American hostages in Iran at the time of the 
overthrow of the American approved despot (the Shah) in the 1970s would 
be ok, retrospectively?

Funny, he skipped bail but is willing to fulfil the claims for 
questioning on terms that do not expose him to the threat of 
extradition. Extradition to the US may involve treatment like Bradley 
Manning has received in US prison - long periods of solitary 
confinement. This kind of treatment is against the EU Bill of Rights, 
the findings of the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture and regarded as 
unlawful (i.e. cruel and degrading punishment) even by the New York Bar 
Association.

You see, if I don't like your principles on this matter, I have 
others... so for me it is completely specious to start of irrespective 
of extradition threat... its kinda like saying: irrespective of the REAL 
threat of torture and/or cruel and degrading punishment... which as you 
can surmise from my position is a non starter . . .

... and I will as always simply remain amazed at the robustness of 
discussion on this list . . . which is refreshing for its candour, of 
which we can all freely take part...


On 2012/08/20 07:53 AM, Roland Perry wrote:
> In message <502F5826.4000506 at gmail.com>, at 10:53:58 on Sat, 18 Aug 
> 2012, Riaz K Tayob <riaz.tayob at gmail.com> writes
>
>> The police presence, it added, had risen from two or three to around 
>> 50, with officers on the embassy's fire escape and at every window.
>
> I haven't been following the main thread so apologies if this is a 
> repeat: Irrespective of any threat to extradite him, let alone the 
> Wikileaks episode, Assange is a plain and simple fugitive from a UK 
> court (he's skipped bail).
>
> The British Police would be roundly criticised if they let him escape 
> through a back window in the middle of the night and make off across 
> Hyde Park.


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