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sys_64738
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Julian Assange Deserves First Amendment Protection
Ecuador's embassy is their country so the UK police have no jurisdiction. Assange's barrister should file for illegal arrest and get him freed.
bhelkey
on April 12, 2019
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> Scotland Yard said it was invited into the embassy on Thursday by the ambassador, following the Ecuadorian government's withdrawal of asylum.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-47891737
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The U.K. Police are civilians in the Ecuadorian embassy. Assange was assaulted and illegally deported to U.K. Territory. That is an illegal arrest at best.
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