Julian Assange skipped bail over Guantanamo Bay, death penalty fears, London court hears | NickdMiller
Assange’s defence lawyer Mark Summers, QC, said Assange was “just short of [having a] reasonable excuse” for skipping bail.“These are unusual, difficult and different circumstances… [he] had strongly held fears of being removed to the United States.Summers said it was “obvious they were reasonable fears”.
After the sentence was handed down Assange nodded and raised his fist to the public gallery, where supporters shouted “shame on you” to the judge. And he said Sweden had a history of surrendering people to states with a history of state-sanctioned torture without proper extradition processes.In Assange’s mind such an extra-judicial “rendition” was inevitable, “so he took the decision to seek refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy and apply for asylum”.
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