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Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange Will Be Extradited Even If Ecuador Grant Him Political Asylum, Says Foreign Office
Anna Edwards
dailymail.co.uk
The diplomatic row between the UK and Ecuador over WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has deepened and looks set to turn into an international row.
The Foreign Office have said the Government would seek to extradite him even if he is granted political asylum by the South American nation.
The Ecuadorian authorities have accused the Government of threatening to raid its embassy in London to seize Mr Assange, who faces sexual assault charges in Sweden. A Foreign Office spokeswoman said the UK had a legal duty to extradite Mr Assange and that would not change if he was granted political asylum.
She said: ‘It does not change our position. Our legal position is not changing at all. ‘Our position is that we have a duty to extradite him, even if he is granted political asylum.’A decision by the Ecuadorian government on whether to grant Mr Assange asylum is expected later. Protestors have gathered outside the embassy and riot vans are parked outside as the political storm brews.
Police kept the pathway outside the embassy clear and arrested two protesters. A number of officers seized a man, who was led away shouting: ‘You are about to start a war with Ecuador’ and ‘You can’t arrest Julian Assange.’
2012-08-16 06:46:10
Source: http://www.whiteowlconspiracy.com/2012/08/wikileaks-founder-julian-assange-will.html
BOO!!! The British Foreign Office has just refused to accept the grant of asylum Ecuador granted to Julian Assange. It is any government’s right to grant asylum to whoever they wish.
So there you have it, If you thought Julian Assange would get a FAIR Trial, this shows there is NO CHANCE of that happening.