[pp.int.general] UK threatens armed assault on Ecuadorian embassy over Assange

[rherzog at uni-bremen.de]

This may be lingering WW III with nofly zones, forgotten diplomatical  
traditions, rogue regimes, fake international penal laws etc.

I am very concerned.

All the best

Rolf

Zitat von Charly Pache <charly.pache at gmail.com>:

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> On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 1:30 AM, Jack Allnutt
> <j.allnutt at pirateparty.org.uk>wrote:
>
>>
>> http://www.headoflegal.com/2012/08/15/julian-assange-can-the-uk-withdraw-diplomatic-status-from-the-ecuadorian-embassy/
>>
>> This is worth a read.
>>
>> tl;dr: They can't just withdraw the diplomatic status without running
>> into issues of international law and/or provoking a judicial review.
>>
>> -- Jack
>>
>> On 16 August 2012 00:24, Ryan Moffitt <ryan.m.moffitt at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-19259623
>> >
>> > The UK foreign office has decided to toss out years of diplomatic
>> tradition,
>> > courtesy and law by formally threatening the Ecuadorian embassy with
>> > military/police action if they do not hand over Julian Assange, who is
>> > currently awaiting a decision on his application for asylum.
>> >
>> > Anyone else concerned about the precedent this will set for Western
>> > diplomacy?
>> >
>> > --
>> > Ryan Moffitt
>> > ryan.m.moffitt at gmail.com
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