Re:UN panel 'rules in Assange's favour'
by vidarh on Thursday February 04, 2016 @08:30AM
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> Why should they?
Because it quickly became clear that the alternative was not to be able to interview him, and they have a legal duty to seek justice. Justice has not gotten done by refusing their best opportunity to interview him.
> Their usual process is for the fugitive to be brought to a convenient location in Sweden for questioning.
Yet they deviate from this regularly, and actually did so in another case during Assange's extradition hearings.
Because it quickly became clear that the alternative was not to be able to interview him, and they have a legal duty to seek justice. Justice has not gotten done by refusing their best opportunity to interview him.
> Their usual process is for the fugitive to be brought to a convenient location in Sweden for questioning.
Yet they deviate from this regularly, and actually did so in another case during Assange's extradition hearings.