Assange: Refugee or Fugitive?

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I disagree with just about every single thing you said Germans.

Sexual offences might be considerd a "minor crime" in some places - but not in Europe. It would be outright shamefull If the UK would not extradite him.

The sexual offence you're talking about, to be clear, is two adults having consensual sex without a condom, correct?

A narcecist, creepy fucktard like Assange is no exception. As far as I know Daniel, every police operation nessecery during a public protest involving 2000 people costs the taxpayer 600 000 Euros in Germany, the average murder case in the US costs the taxpayer between 600 000 and 1 500 000 dollars. Sooooo the money isn`t that much of a question if you ask me. Sure it sounds outrageous to some to think that 2 000 000 pounds sterling should be spent on survailing one embessy, but on the other hand - you will almoust certainly find cases in which the taxpayer has to spend more money to ensure a functioning juristiction.

Legally Germans, speaking legally, he is a refugee. The UK has signed the conventions relating to the protections afforded to refugees. Arresting a refugee is a scandalous offence. Assange can petition the UN High Commissioner for Refugees to force the UK to let him leave.

The only thing that can be debated are swedens strickt laws on sexual offence.

According to who Germans? You?

So far, Assange has only used his impending extradition to theatricaly show himself as a victim of some crazed conspiracy, to create a image of a martyr.

First there's the USA's espionage investigation against WikiLeaks which they've attempted to conduct in "secret", but we all know about. In June Bob Carr told the public that he has absolutely no information that would suggest that Assange is being pursued for extradition by the USA. Then in August a freedom of information request generated the proof that the investigation into possible criminal conduct by the USA has been ongoing for more than a year, and that Australian diplomats had specifically asked the USA for advance warning of moves to extradite Assange (yes, even though he was and still is in the UK).

By the way, I was very interested in the leaks and read them, Some of it I thought - that the public had every legitemate right to know - some of it not.

Really? So what did the public not have a right to know?