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

[jonathan]

Penalties are very different in the two cases. But the piracy laws nor the blasphemy law are being used in such cases primarily to threaten groups yo whom those arrested belong. The UK press, at least, has expressed outrage at overweening prosecution of downloaders, as they have at US demands for extradition of the hacker Gary McKinnon. J.



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"Carlos A. Afonso" <ca at cafonso.ca> wrote:

And right now I listen to CNN's anchor "horrified" because a Pakistani
child (11-year old) has been arrested for blasphemy. This is indeed
brutal, but I've never seen an American anchor horrified when the
Americans arrest kids for downloading music.

E la nave va...

--c.a.

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