UK threaten to enter Ecuadorian embassy and arrest Julian Assange
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Re: UK threaten to enter Ecuadorian embassy and arrest Julian Assange
#2Isn't that basically an act of war? Or something just short of it? I can't remember another time when one country threatened to enter another country's embassy without an invitation... Have there been other cases like this in recent history??
Re: UK threaten to enter Ecuadorian embassy and arrest Julian Assange
#3Isn't that basically an act of war? Or something just short of it? I can't remember another time when one country threatened to enter another country's embassy without an invitation... Have there been other cases like this in recent history??
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Re: UK threaten to enter Ecuadorian embassy and arrest Julian Assange
#4If the UK really is threatening that, then that is more evidence that the Swedish charges are politically motivated rather than being from an actual crime.
Re: UK threaten to enter Ecuadorian embassy and arrest Julian Assange
#5If the UK really is threatening that, then that is more evidence that the Swedish charges are politically motivated rather than being from an actual crime.
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Re: UK threaten to enter Ecuadorian embassy and arrest Julian Assange
#6The series of tweets from https://twitter.com/abcnews (Australian Broadcasting Corp):
- #Breaking Wikileaks founder Julian Assange granted asylum in Ecuador
- #BREAKING: British Government won't guarantee Julian Assange safe passage to airport to leave for Ecuador #assange
- Clarification - Ecuador wants to give Assange asylum, but Britain is refusing to grant safe passage #breaking #wikileaks
- Ecuador Foreign Minister says they received a letter from British govt threatening to enter embassy & arrest Assange if he's not handed over
Re: UK threaten to enter Ecuadorian embassy and arrest Julian Assange
#7It appears under UK law the Prime Minister could denounce the embassy as no longer Ecuadorian territory.
The UK government has 'reminded' Ecuador of this fact in an attempt to influence their decision.
Re: UK threaten to enter Ecuadorian embassy and arrest Julian Assange
#8Absolute disgrace.
Re: UK threaten to enter Ecuadorian embassy and arrest Julian Assange
#9Isn't that basically an act of war? Or something just short of it? I can't remember another time when one country threatened to enter another country's embassy without an invitation... Have there been other cases like this in recent history??
It's somewhat unprecedented, but has happened in the past.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplomatic_mission
It's important to know that as the article points out Embassies do not enjoy full extraterritorial status, and contrary to popular belief are not sovereign.
The practice of the host country entering only with permission is based in the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, and a violation of this would likely have no real material effect. That convention also requires the host country to protect the embassy and other rules. It is unlikely that the UK's allies would object, and even more unlikely that the country in question here would mount any serious diplomatic or military response.
As always power benefits the powerful.
Re: UK threaten to enter Ecuadorian embassy and arrest Julian Assange
#10It appears under UK law the Prime Minister could denounce the embassy as no longer Ecuadorian territory. The UK government has 'reminded' Ecuador of this fact in an attempt to influence their decision.
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