24-12-2010, 05:07 PM
Assange says Lee Harvey Oswald type execution would await him in US
Calcutta News.Net
Friday 24th December, 2010
Julian Assange has told the Guardian newspaper he doesn't believe Britain will deport him to the United States.
Dismissing a threat from the US government, he said if he were to be sent to America he could be killed in the same way as Lee Harvey Oswald; "Jack Ruby style."
The WikiLeaks founder said it would be politically impossible for Britain to extradite him to the United States on espionage charges as he had strong public support from the UK public.
He told the Guardian: "It's all a matter of politics. We can presume there will be an attempt to influence UK political opinion, and to influence the perception of our (Wikileaks') standing as a moral actor. Legally the UK has the right to not extradite for political crimes. Espionage is the classic case of political crimes. It is at the discretion of the UK government as to whether to apply to that exception."
US authorities are thought to be considering whether they could extradite Assange on espionage charges.
He is currently on bail facing extradition proceedings to Sweden on allegations of sexual assault, which he has said are trumped up.
Calcutta News.Net
Friday 24th December, 2010
Julian Assange has told the Guardian newspaper he doesn't believe Britain will deport him to the United States.
Dismissing a threat from the US government, he said if he were to be sent to America he could be killed in the same way as Lee Harvey Oswald; "Jack Ruby style."
The WikiLeaks founder said it would be politically impossible for Britain to extradite him to the United States on espionage charges as he had strong public support from the UK public.
He told the Guardian: "It's all a matter of politics. We can presume there will be an attempt to influence UK political opinion, and to influence the perception of our (Wikileaks') standing as a moral actor. Legally the UK has the right to not extradite for political crimes. Espionage is the classic case of political crimes. It is at the discretion of the UK government as to whether to apply to that exception."
US authorities are thought to be considering whether they could extradite Assange on espionage charges.
He is currently on bail facing extradition proceedings to Sweden on allegations of sexual assault, which he has said are trumped up.
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"Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience! People are obedient in the face of poverty, starvation, stupidity, war, and cruelty. Our problem is that grand thieves are running the country. That's our problem!" - Howard Zinn
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