On Sat, Jun 23, 2018 at 08:45:05PM +0100, Ben Tasker wrote:
On Sat, Jun 23, 2018 at 6:46 PM, Ryan Carboni <ryacko@gmail.com> wrote:
Of course Assange is an Ecuadorian citizen, so if they wanted to, they could have him leave the embassy through temporary diplomatic status, particularly since he isn't accused of any crime by the British.
No, no they couldn't.
The host country grants/approves diplomatic credentials, so it's up to the UK Government whether he gets that status. You can already guess what the answer would be.
Also, Assange is accused by the British courts of failing to abide by the bail conditions to appear in court for sentencing/ extradition, instead he went into the Ecuadore embassy. They call that contempt of court, which is a jailable "offence". Unfortunately it is only the individual's "offences" against the state which go punished in many cases, and not the states offences against the individual. Assange is due one mighty exemplary compensation payout at the end of the day...