LONDON - Had Julian Assange just jumped over the railings around the ground-floor balcony of the Ecuadorean Embassy in London to shake hands with his supporters gathered in the little side street behind Harrods department store, he would have immediately been arrested by one of the police officers standing around the building.
- By Nog1
- 21 Aug 2012
- 01:43PM
They just want to hear him. Asking for extradition without a formal accusation is unique in Sweden and it is the main reason why Assange believes he will be extradited to the US instead of Sweden. It also means he cannot use the legal protection that suspects have in Swedish law.
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