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In reply to the discussion: Vivienne Westwood uses London Fashion Week to declare support for Assange [View all]AntiFascist
(12,792 posts)providing diplomatic asylum is not unheard of outside of Latin America.
In this case, Assange is seeking shelter from a nation (the US not Sweden) where elected officials have called for his prosecution, and some made statements that he should receive the death penalty, and where certain Republicans have even stated in the media that he should be assassinated for his crimes. If Assange could be guaranteed that he not be extradited to the US then he, his lawyers, and Ecuadorian officials are all on record as saying that he would have no problem facing justice in Sweden. This is, on the record, not about Assange's treatment by Sweden's judicial system, except insofar as where they may be cooperating with the US. You can argue all you want about what really is motivating Assange and what may be going on in his head. I can only provide you with statements that have been made publically and officially.