Thread: Judge approves Assange extradition

Originally Posted by Latindancer

This case is taking some interesting twists and turns, in Oh Oh's post 383 and now this.

Nothing has changed exept from Britain retracting their blooper of a threat to forcibly enter Ecuador's Diplomatic mission for the sake of Assange, the Police outside will still arrest Assange on sight if he tries to escape.

Oh's post info in 383 makes the wrong conclusions it is another untrue spin on the present facts.

It describes mishandled cases with asylum-seekers in 2001, rules have since been changed, and Btw. uninvited asylum-seekers has a slightly different legal status than an extradited prisoner in a criminal case, but that is legal technicalities and their protections against extradition to torture or death penalty's would today be much the same.

Present EU arrest warrant treaty was made in 2004, and the extradition agreement between all EU nations and the US is from 23/10 -2009.
http://europa.eu/legislation_summari.../jl0053_en.htm


It is still a fact that Assange can not be extradited from Sweden to the US without Britains approval, in case Assange is extradited from Britain to Sweden at some point.

It is also still a fact that no EU nation can or will extradite anyone in a case where the death sentence will be used and ultimately carried out.

It is also still true that all serious experts on this say it would be easier for the US to get Assange extradited from Britain alone! without the complications of the more difficult Swedes that would in this case be only middlemen.

Same with OH's info in post 381 , it is actually an added protection for Assange, and can by no means be made out like it is actually the Swedish Government that decides on Extradition in it's negative sense.

If a Swedish Supreme-court judge decides an extradition can not happen, the Swedish Government just has to accept that fact.

If a Judge on the other hand say Yes to an extradition, the Swedish Government can still chose not to extradite.

But naturally such a promise can not be given in advance carte blanc to anyone, first there has to be a case and the crimes considered, then an extradition request, and finally a Swedish court case to decide on extradition or not, first then can the Government step in if they deem they want to stop a court-ordered extradition, but that can only be done on case by case basis and not in advance of any fictitious claims.