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In reply to the discussion: Julian Assange: Senate my ticket to freedom [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)42. That British law isn't terribly popular outside UK, but it is on the books!
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1987/46
And it does contravene some aspects of international law, or at least get out in front of it...
And it does contravene some aspects of international law, or at least get out in front of it...
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But he is a citizen there, isn't he, even if he's been abroad? Maybe he'll vote this year.
freshwest
Feb 2013
#3
I thought their ambassadors lived there? His quarters may be small, but others live there, too.
freshwest
Feb 2013
#13
No--I don't think it's a residence. It's a flat within a larger building that houses
msanthrope
Feb 2013
#15
So he's just been sort of camping out in an office? Still, he's heavier than before.
freshwest
Feb 2013
#17
But nonetheless, it afforded him 'diplomatic immunity' somehow. I admit, I know nothing of the area.
freshwest
Feb 2013
#30
You have the advantage of me. I have several people who live in the UK who have begged me to visit.
freshwest
Feb 2013
#35
But in some videos he's speaking from the balcony of the building. So he has a room with a view...
freshwest
Feb 2013
#31
That is the balcony off the main living room. He is living in a room at the back, described
MADem
Feb 2013
#36
Under modern international law, embassy space is still considered territory of the host country,
struggle4progress
Feb 2013
#37
Perhaps you responded in the wrong place? Or perhaps you misunderstood my post?
struggle4progress
Feb 2013
#46
The bottom line, though, is that embassies are treated as "immune" or however you want to put it,
MADem
Feb 2013
#47
Yes, embassy grounds are, in effect, immune from enforcement of host country laws, by long tradition
struggle4progress
Feb 2013
#49
The framing of all these stories has been an eye opener for me - the motives and manipulation.
freshwest
Feb 2013
#38
Her death resonated with many, and re-ignited the "girls can't do that" debate WRT to policing.
MADem
Feb 2013
#40
It is well written and goes into a lot of details. Lots of facts I hadn't heard, too.
freshwest
Feb 2013
#12
ZOMG. Lukashenko has a bad reputation, now look at Correa. *Not nice people.*
freshwest
Feb 2013
#16
Bravo for whistleblower senators. We could use a few in our congress.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Feb 2013
#19
I don't want him to be a political prisoner, don't know what really happened with the women.
freshwest
Feb 2013
#28
True. But it made millions for Wikileaks. One thread spoke of many millions per month.
freshwest
Feb 2013
#43