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Re:Julian Assange and visitors were spied on by security fir... by tptacek on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @03:46PM (#21588306)
Which international laws would you be referring to in this case?
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Re:Julian Assange and visitors were spied on by security fir... by buboard on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @03:56PM (#21588414)
The vienna diplomatic convention according to which the UK should protect the embassy from intrusion

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vienna_Convention_on_Diplomati...

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Re:Julian Assange and visitors were spied on by security fir... by ceejayoz on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @04:01PM (#21588457)
The Vienna Convention isn't super clear on what counts as "intrusion", but I suspect it's generally read as physical intrusion - you don't send people in to raid the place. Spying on embassies has a long, storied history.
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