Re: Extradition: Britain has a duty at this dark moment Archived Message
Posted by walter on June 15, 2019, 1:03 pm, in reply to "Extradition: Britain has a duty at this dark moment"
" Malcolm Rifkind, who was foreign secretary in the run-up to the handover, has helpfully drawn attention to the now unclassified documents which make the UK government’s position in the 1990s plain. Among many statements which could be cited was this: “It is government policy to only enter into extradition arrangements with governments whose judicial system, penal conditions, human rights standards are of an acceptable level.” " Assange activists might find this very helpful, actually!
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