Oh boy, here comes the pro russian brigade to talk about poor julian assange, hero of freedom and truth, who refused to leak russian secrets while leaking US secrets and took a paid gig on RT while actively trying to sway the 2016 election for Putin.
Cry more you bitch baby tankies. May he die in custody while you helplessly watch.
You're the shittiest anarchist I've ever seen, and I am one shitty anarchist. Take the russian dictator's cock out of your mouth when you talk, you're embarrassing yourself on the internet.
He didn’t leak Russian secrets because it wasn’t newsworthy. “Of course Russia is corrupt.” Also perhaps he hoped they might provide him more dirt on the US.
Assange is not aligned with Russia and has nothing to do with tankies. Frankly, you’re the biggest extremist here, saying a journalist should rot in prison for what he published. Shameful.
not be entitled to rely on the First Amendment right to free speech as a non-U.S. national and that, while none of the existing charges carried the death penalty, he could later be charged with a capital offence such as treason
So he's not a US Citizen and yet get charged with treason?
And again I will say that America’s hypocrisy on whistleblowers is stupid beyond belief. In books and movies whistleblowers are cheered on, but in rl they are vilified beyond compare.
That is the UK court’s concern, but I don’t see how he could possibly be convicted of that in the US given he’s not an American national. Sounds like the UK court just wants assurances he will not face any capital charges regardless of how flimsy the charges may be.
That doesn’t matter. Charges are in a sealed indictment. I doubt they have anything to do with his publication. He helped Chelsea Manning hack into a US military server. That’s esponge and computer theft. But, it is not known what the charges are because they are sealed.
It does though. As someone who isn't a US citizen, resident or visitor, he isn't subject to US laws.
What he is subject to is the laws of the country he was residing in, and any extradition treaties they have with the US. What he allegedly did was a crime there too, which is important as most countries will not extradite if what the subject did wasn't criminal in both countries, if they were still in the request-recipient country at the time.
No, if he is extradited he answers the charge. If he is in a country that has a prior charge then the respective justice departments work out who has priority. In this case he was already charged in Britan before being indicated in the US with extradition requested
To my knowledge, Carlisle v. United States establishes that non-U.S. citizens are beholden to US treason laws only if and during the time that they resided within the US which I believe Assange never has. I’m positive other charges will apply to him but I’m specifically talking about capital offenses.
I don’t believe treason is applicable. But, it’s not unusual for some countries, Britain included, to question US charges on extradition. They don’t believe in the death penalty. Since the indictment is sealed, they don’t know.