UK: Don't Allow US Extradition of Assange
Since June 19, Wikileaks' Julian Assange has been holed up in the Ecuadorean embassy in London while his application for political asylum is reviewed. Meanwhile, Ecuadorean officials have been trying to reach a diplomatic resolution by seeking assurances from the US, UK, and Swedish governments that Assange will not be extradited to the United States if he travels to Sweden for questioning. But all three governments have remained silent on the issue. It is also being reported that the Swedish government has refused an offer to interview Assange at the Ecuadorean embassy.
But there is still hope. A senior legal advisor to the Ecuadoreans told the Guardian that the UK must waive what is called “specialty” for Assange to be extradited to the US after proceedings in Sweden are complete. If the UK were to give assurances that they would not waive specialty, Assange would be safe to venture to Sweden for questioning.
To date, there hasn't been much public pressure on the UK government to declare its intentions with regard to Assange. Let's change that. Sign our petition pressing the UK to publicly declare that it will not waive specialty in the case of Julian Assange.
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c.c., The RT Hon William Hague MP, First Secretary of State and Secretary for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, United Kingdom
The RT Hon David Lidington MP, Minister of State, United Kingdom
We, the undersigned, call upon you to give assurances that, in the case of Julian Assange, you will not waive specialty under section 58 of the Extradition Act of 2003 and that you will not consent to him being extradited to the United States upon completion of his legal proceedings in Sweden.
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| 3375 | Mon Sep 23 15:40:17 EDT 2013 | Anonymous | US | |
| 3374 | Thu Dec 13 14:30:17 EST 2012 | Jeff Marsh | London, ot , GB | |
| 3373 | Sun Nov 04 20:43:08 EST 2012 | Anonymous | North Kc, MO , United States | |
| 3372 | Fri Oct 19 03:15:07 EDT 2012 | DeDe Knobbe | Merrillville , IN , US | |
| 3371 | Fri Sep 28 10:56:23 EDT 2012 | oumaya samaha | beirut, LB | |
| 3370 | Thu Sep 27 23:36:10 EDT 2012 | Alan Haggard | San Diego, CA , United States | |
| 3369 | Wed Sep 26 08:34:42 EDT 2012 | Anna Trzebiatowska | Pila, ot , PL | |
| 3368 | Tue Sep 25 11:45:12 EDT 2012 | Gail Evans | Tarrytown, NY , United States | Keep Julian Assange out of U.S.'s clutches. |
| 3367 | Sun Sep 16 21:54:36 EDT 2012 | Bernardo Mujica | surquilllo, IA , Peru | |
| 3366 | Sun Sep 16 21:27:41 EDT 2012 | Bernardo Mujica | surquilllo, IA , Peru | |
| 3365 | Tue Sep 11 08:56:20 EDT 2012 | Richard Coury | San Francisco, CA , United States | |
| 3364 | Sat Sep 08 23:05:36 EDT 2012 | Nancy Chismar | EDISON, NJ , United States | |
| 3363 | Sat Sep 08 08:10:09 EDT 2012 | Tine Heydan-Hill | Paris, France, FR | Have you no decency, sir, at long last, said Joseph Welch to senator MacCarthy |
| 3362 | Wed Sep 05 22:26:50 EDT 2012 | Sebastian S-H | Seattle, WA , US | |
| 3361 | Sun Sep 02 18:46:04 EDT 2012 | Glen Williams | Weed, CA , United States | |
| 3360 | Sun Sep 02 11:08:11 EDT 2012 | Eri Garuti | Milano, ot , IT | |
| 3359 | Sat Sep 01 05:29:28 EDT 2012 | Jay Richards | Bend, OR , United States | |
| 3358 | Thu Aug 30 18:04:31 EDT 2012 | Maggie Davidson | Pompano Beach, FL , United States | |
| 3357 | Wed Aug 29 12:45:32 EDT 2012 | Yvonne Fast | Denmark | |
| 3356 | Mon Aug 27 07:38:23 EDT 2012 | Susan Stout | Vancouver, BC , CA | |
| 3355 | Mon Aug 27 04:15:07 EDT 2012 | Anonymous | Melbourne, AU | |
| 3354 | Sat Aug 25 01:57:15 EDT 2012 | Russell Riley | PENSACOLA, FL , United States | |
| 3353 | Fri Aug 24 11:51:15 EDT 2012 | Anonymous | Madrid, ES | |
| 3352 | Thu Aug 23 19:18:06 EDT 2012 | Jan Gilbert | Chicago, IL , United States | |
| 3351 | Thu Aug 23 17:17:55 EDT 2012 | Barbara Kassolik-Sadza | Carlisle, GB, ot , GB |

