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    Richard Medhurst: Classified Documents Invalidate United States' Appeal Against Assange Archived Message

    Posted by sashimi on December 1, 2021, 8:59 am

    Lede: The United States Broke Diplomatic Assurances for David Mendoza, It Will Do the Same with Julian Assange

    29 November 2021

    (quote)
    * In 2009, David Mendoza Herrarte was extradited from Spain to the United
    States, on condition he be allowed to serve his sentence in Spain

    * Classified documents reveal the diplomatic assurances given by the
    U.S. Embassy in Madrid and how the U.S. violated the conditions of his
    extradition

    * Mendoza spent over 6 years in the United States trying to return to
    Spain. Court documents show how the United States denied his transfer
    application multiple times

    * While in prison, Mendoza sued the United States, and Spain for failing to
    uphold the conditions of his extradition and violating his human rights. His
    case was recently taken up by the United Nations

    * Mendoza's case was raised last month in the English High Court, where the
    United States is attempting to extradite Julian Assange to the U.S.

    * The United States has offered similar diplomatic assurances that Assange could
    serve a sentence in Australia

    * Assange's lawyers cite Mendoza's case as evidence that these assurances cannot
    be trusted

    * James Lewis, the lead U.S. prosecutor, said that these assurances are
    bulletproof. He told the High Court that, "The United States have never broken
    a diplomatic assurance, ever". Court documents and diplomatic assurances
    obtained by Richard Medhurst show this to be untrue
    (/quote)
    -- Cont'd at https://richardmedhurst.substack.com/p/mendoza

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