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[–] Rapidcreek@lemmy.world -4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The law was being followed. A sealed indictment from a grand jury awaits Assange in the US. And it's pretty common for any country to seek extradition in such a case. You simply don't like that a case was made in the first place.

[–] livus@mander.xyz 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That argument is suspiciously vlose to No True Scotsman.

Sealed indictments and secret courts are all part of the reason I would oppose anyone being extradited to the US for political crimes.

Guantanamo is a massive international human rights violation that dragged on for over a decade. It's not a country any of us should extradite non-US citizens to. Or even them, probably.

[–] Rapidcreek@lemmy.world 0 points 7 months ago

Grand Juries are fairly common in our system.