Lawyer: Raid on Embassy to Arrest Assange Would Be "Unprecedented" Breach of Diplomatic Immunity

Democracy Now by Jennifer Robinson, Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez | Aug. 17, 2012 (News Analysis)

(Multimedia) Britain is refusing to give Julian Assange of WikiLeaks safe passage out of the country even though Ecuador has granted him political asylum. On Thursday, British Foreign Secretary William Hague said Assange would be arrested if he left the embassy. Britain has also threatened to raid the embassy in order to arrest Assange. "Under British law we can give them a week's notice before entering the premises and the embassy will no longer have diplomatic ... Full Story »

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and Sweden and the United Kingdom both refused to provide assurances that once matters were dealt with in Sweden, that Julian would be permitted to leave the country and ... More »

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