*Global media freedom at risk as Julian Assange back in UK court
facing
possible extradition to USA.*
The US is the prime mover of imprisoning Assange, but the UK is responsible for its willingness
to extradite people for acts of journalism. It is doing so under
a treaty
that the UK ratified but the US never did. It demonstrates the subservience of the UK.
The substance of the treaty is outrageous because it agrees to extradite to the US for actions
that are not crimes under UK law. That discards a basic principle of extradition known as
“dual criminality”: that country A should not extradite a person to country C for an act that is
a crime in country unless that act is also a crime in country A. This principle spares country
A from becoming an accessory to country C’s repression.
We used to envision the Soviet Union or China as playing the role of
country C, but in this case the US plays that role.
Codice Sconto: E463456
