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

[Marko Mitrovic]

Well, United Nations and International Law have sadly run their course,
just like League of Nations did prior to Second World War.

Whole international system need rebooting and switching to something
open-source :) Hopefully we (human race) can somehow do this without
another world war.

On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 3:26 PM, <rherzog at uni-bremen.de> wrote:

> 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>:
>
>
>  Here for the live video feed: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/
>> occupynewsnetwork#utm_**campaign=t.co&utm_source=**
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>> I would like to be there and support them.
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 1:30 AM, Jack Allnutt
>> <j.allnutt at pirateparty.org.uk>**wrote:
>>
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>>> http://www.headoflegal.com/**2012/08/15/julian-assange-can-**
>>> the-uk-withdraw-diplomatic-**status-from-the-ecuadorian-**embassy/<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<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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