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Re:Julian Assange arrested in London by boomboomsubban on Thursday April 11, 2019 @04:07PM (#19638603)
Without the rape allegations, what crime would have led to the UK arresting Assange, enabling him to be extradited? Even with the allegations, the process of extraditing him to Sweden took ages.
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Re:Julian Assange arrested in London by DanBC on Thursday April 11, 2019 @04:09PM (#19638626)
The computer misuse crimes which the US is currently using to try to have him extradited on?
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Re:Julian Assange arrested in London by foldr on Friday April 12, 2019 @06:50AM (#19643669)
He can be arrested directly as a result of an extradition request. (If this weren't possible, it would rarely be possible to extradite anyone.) I think you're perhaps unaware that an extradition request is required to present evidence that the person in question has done something that is a crime under both US and UK law. It is not merely a request to move someone from one country to another.
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