Richard Medhurst: Classified Documents Invalidate United States' Appeal Against AssangeArchived 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