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If he's extradited from the UK to Sweden, he can't then be extradited from there to the USA. The international treaties governing extradition explicitly disallow it. -
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someone please tell the BBC & the Swedish governmentOriginally posted by NickFitz View PostIf he's extradited from the UK to Sweden, he can't then be extradited from there to the USA. The international treaties governing extradition explicitly disallow it.
Q&A: Julian Assange and the law - BBC News
where did you get your info from?Despite the US not having made an extradition request, US Attorney General Eric Holder has previously said American officials were pursuing a "very serious criminal investigation" into the matter.
Mr Assange has also pointed to the case of Chelsea Manning, an ex American soldier formerly known as Private Bradley Manning, who was sentenced to 35 years in prison in the US for leaking classified material to Wikileaks.
However, legal experts have pointed out several obstacles any extradition and subsequent prosecution in the US would have to overcome.
Correspondents say that Sweden could apply a more stringent test than that used when an extradition is sought from the United Kingdom.
Also, even though the extradition would be according to Swedish law, the UK's approval would be needed.
Mr Assange's supporters have asked Sweden to guarantee that he would not be extradited to the US, which Swedish officials say they cannot legally do.
Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt has however insisted that his country would not extradite a suspect to a country where they would face the death penalty.Comment
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AIUI the costs of guarding an embassy fall upon the receiving state, in accordance with Article 22 of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations 1961.Originally posted by FatLazyContractor View PostBTW, are theNazi supportersSwedes paying the bill for the UK guarding Swedish embassy?
If Assange's shenanigans have caused an increase in the cost to the UK of guarding the Swedish embassy, well, I suppose we can just look on it as repaying all the extra expense they must have been put to in the past guarding the UK embassy in Sweden from the IRA
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