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(32,013 posts) Thu Jun 28, 2012, 02:45 PM Jun 2012

Julian Assange told to turn himself in at London police station [View all]

Source: The Guardian

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been served with a police letter saying he has to present himself to a London police station on Friday, according to sources.

Assange has been seeking political asylum inside Ecuador's embassy in London since last week as he tries to avoid extradition to Sweden, where he is wanted for questioning about alleged sex offences.

A spokesman for the Metropolitan police service said: "The MPS have this morning, Thursday 28 June, served a surrender notice upon a 40-year-old man that requires him to attend a police station at a date and time of our choosing. This is standard practice in extradition cases and is the first step in the removal process."

He said Assange remained in breach of his bail conditions, adding: "Failing to surrender would be a further breach of conditions and he is liable to arrest."

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/jun/28/julian-assange-london-police-station

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Julian Assange told to turn himself in at London police station [View all] alp227 Jun 2012 OP

Justice REDUCED to the VALUE of a Piece of Toilet Paper clang1 Jun 2012 #1

The next time I see you shouting you're going on ignore. Occulus Jun 2012 #4

Post removed Post removed Jun 2012 #5

You'll care when others stop responding to your posts n/t MicaelS Jun 2012 #7

TRUTH, LEADERSHIP, MORALS AND VALUES AND AMERICA clang1 Jun 2012 #10

You know, it's really quite amusing... Spider Jerusalem Jun 2012 #22

Man WHO PEE"D IN YOUR CHEERIO"S?!!!!! go west young man Jun 2012 #6

Agree but I'm not waiting leftynyc Jun 2012 #36

True.. midnight Jun 2012 #9

When I see all caps I always skid post cpwm17 Jun 2012 #32

He's in an embassy - can they arrest someone in another country's embassy? nt TBF Jun 2012 #2

I'm guessing not. randome Jun 2012 #3

Well, they can assassinate a US citizen OnyxCollie Jun 2012 #8

Embassies are like sanctified places of worship in 'Highlander'. randome Jun 2012 #11

Plus this isnt like hes in a hostile country and perhaps armed and potentially dangerous with the cstanleytech Jun 2012 #16

No way it's sovereign Scairp Jun 2012 #12

Bingo. To be honest I suspect there will be a deal made that he wont be cstanleytech Jun 2012 #17

I highly doubt that the journalist Assange would ever agree coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #18

I don't think he agrees with ya if this quote is accurate Bodhi BloodWave Jun 2012 #19

Ouch! randome Jun 2012 #20

He wasn't talking about sources. EFerrari Jun 2012 #21

sources, informants, close to the same thing in my eyes Bodhi BloodWave Jun 2012 #23

Assange and Wikileaks have been and are very supportive of Manning EFerrari Jun 2012 #24

Evasive answer more then anything. Bodhi BloodWave Jun 2012 #25

Wait a second. You're arguing that someone informing on the resistance to coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #29

I don't need to try damning him by setting up a false equivalence Bodhi BloodWave Jun 2012 #31

Many of your arguments appeared almost verbatim in coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #37

So are you saying then that you dont believe Manning is the one that supplied the memos? nt cstanleytech Jun 2012 #26

I hope it's not heterodox to say "I don't know." What I do know is that coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #28

Good thing I didnt ask what you know then but rather what you believe. cstanleytech Jun 2012 #30

Well, since the advent of the internet, the definition of a journalist has coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #34

You do realize that this topic is "about" Assange and in extension Manning though right? cstanleytech Jun 2012 #38

Interesting twist; greiner3 Jun 2012 #13

"Turn yourself in for arrest or you will be arrested." Comrade Grumpy Jun 2012 #14

I heard he ate all their ceviche' the first night he was there and IamK Jun 2012 #15

Update: Assange says NO alp227 Jun 2012 #27

Julian Assange remains at embassy after failing to report to police struggle4progress Jun 2012 #33

He's wanted for questioning only in Sweden. dipsydoodle Jun 2012 #35