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bandushrew on June 23, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Statement by Julian Assange after One Year in Ecua...

Here in NZ it is illegal to transfer a prisoner into the care of a country known to torture its prisoners.

Surely its not unreasonable, before surrendering, to request a promise that one will not be sent into a regime known for torturing its prisoners?

gsnedders on June 23, 2013 [–]

He cannot be extradited from any EU country (including the UK and Sweden) if there is reasonable doubt about their human rights being upheld (therefore including torture and the death penalty).

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