Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange Rejects Police Order to Surrender

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, who is at the Ecuadorian embassy in London, has rejected a police order asking him to surrender as part of his extradition process.

Met officers sent a note to Assange in the embassy on Thursday asking him to give up.

But Assange said in a telephone interview to the BBC that he would virtually surely not go to the police.

“Our guidance is that asylum law both internationally and domestically in the UK requires precedence over extradition law, so the answer is almost surely not,” Assange told the BBC.

The 40-year-old Australian, in a surprise move, fled his house arrest and entered the Ecuadorian embassy in search of political asylum in the country. This came immediately after the Supreme Court refused to take up the situation against his extradition to Sweden exactly where he is facing sexual assault charges.

Sources and more information:

• Julian Assange ‘served with police letter’

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been served with a letter saying he has to present himself to a London police station tomorrow, according to sources. Mr Assange has been inside the Embassy of Ecuador in London since last week seeking political asylum as part of his bid to avoid extradition to Sweden, where he is wanted for questioning about…

• British police serve extradition notice on Assange

• London cops order Julian Assange to turn himself in

• Support for Assange Surges | Common Dreams

0 comments

Comments:

Add your comment

Nickname:

E-mail:

Website:

Comment:

Other articlesgo to homepage

	For-Profit Prison Corporations Promise Investors “A Growing Offender Population”(0) By JacobSloan ThinkProgress on the rosy outlook from Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) and GEO Group, the nation’s first- and second-largest operators of for-profit prisons: During a conference call touting its success, representatives at GEO Group boasted that the company continues to have “solid occupancy rates in mid to high 90s” and that they are

	‘Police kill New York Student’ Only 21 Years Old(0) Police officials in the US state of New York say a 21-year-old female student who lost her life during a home invasion robbery had been killed by police gunfire. According to a statement released by a Nassau County police official John Azzata late Saturday, the student identified as Andrea Rebello was accidentally shot in the

	Police Could Soon Get Their Hands On The US Militarys ‘Pain Ray’(0) According to New Scientist, Raytheon, the defense contractor behind the pain gun, is working on a portable version: Raytheon is now building smaller versions for law enforcement or commercial maritime use – designed to be placed inside buildings, such as prisons, or mounted on ships for defence against, say, pirates. And soon there could be

	Millions of phone records revealing age, address and even the websites you visited were for sale to police(0) The country’s largest mobile phone operator is selling details of the internet habits of its 27 million customers. The telecommunications giant EE has struck a deal with the research firm Ipsos Mori to pass on data including what websites smartphone users visit. Ipsos Mori clients will be able to get other information such as the

	Arizona Man Winds Up Jailed, Unemployed and Homeless After Photographing Courthouse(0) By Carlos Miller Raymond Michael Rodden was bored this week, so he drove to downtown Phoenix and began walking around, snapping photos of the federal courthouse and the state capitol with his iPhone. The 33-year-old man ended up jailed, unemployed and homeless; his iPhone, iPad and Macintosh laptop confiscated as “evidence.” All because they found

Contacts and information

USAHM News has been censored twice before.. We provide citizens with alternative news that the MSM doesnt cover.. Dont become brainwashed by all the lies and propaganda! Join the fight against the NWO.. Contact us if you would like to become a writer for our website. Remember if you dont stand up for your rights, who will?