Are Assange's fears justified?

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20. The US is waiting until it suits them, and here are the numbers, Mr Legal Expert

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about UK-US extraditions which you claim to be unable to find.

... government figures show that between 2004-11, 112 extradition requests were made by the US to Britain. Of those, 73 defendants were extradited while seven cases were discharged, with the remainder still unresolved.

http://www.thenational.ae/news/world/americas/claims-uk-us-extradition-pact-lopsided-but-some-legal-experts-disagree

Wait, that's just some obscure newspaper from the UAE, WTF do they know, right?

How about the official UK document where you can find these numbers in the table on page 472.

A REVIEW OF THE UNITED KINGDOM’S EXTRADITION ARRANGEMENTS

REQUESTS TO UK BY US from 2004-2011
Requests received 36 8 17 10 11 19 18 11
Arrests 24 16 15 8 9 19 14 7
Surrendered 3 8 16 8 6 16 10 6
Discharged (by courts) 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0
Refused (Secretary of State)
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Withdrawn by requesting State
1 2 1 0 1 2 1 0
Not Returned (Miscellaneous)
0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0

http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/police/operational-policing/extradition-review?view=Binary

So, while the Secretary of State never intervened to deny a request, the courts have discharged 7 within the last 7 years, the US have withdrawn their request in 8 more cases and many cases of those arrested due to extradition requests are still pending. 112 arrests, 73 surrenders, that's a little less than three quarters instead of 100 percent success rate for extraditions from the UK to the US, right?

The numbers of extraditions from Sweden to the US may be harder to come by unless someone speaks Swedish. So, for the time being, let's take this:

Questions and answers about the Julian Assange sex crimes case and Swedish extradition rules
Malin Rising, The Associated Press, Feb 06, 2011

Since 2000, the U.S. has requested the extradition of seven citizens from Sweden, according to the Swedish Justice Ministry. Five of the requests were approved, and two were rejected because the suspects were no longer believed to be in Sweden.

http://www.1310news.com/news/world/article/179730--questions-and-answers-about-the-julian-assange-sex-crimes-case-and-swedish-extradition-rules

So, out of 5 people arrested, 5 people were extradited. Success rate of 100 percent in extraditions requested by US from Sweden between 2000 and 2010.