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Aral Balkan
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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    Aral Balkan‏ @aral 5 Feb 2016

    Aral Balkan Retweeted Lizzie Dearden

    Assange’s arbitrary detention at the Ecuadorian embassy is about as voluntary as David Cameron fucking a dead pig.https://twitter.com/lizziedearden/status/695537202319769600 …

    Aral Balkan added,

    Lizzie DeardenVerified account @lizziedearden
    British govt says #Assange not arbitrarily detained and 'voluntarily avoiding lawful arrest' at Ecuadorian embassy http://ind.pn/1obW67J 
    1:24 AM - 5 Feb 2016
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      2. Craig Grannell‏ @CraigGrannell 5 Feb 2016
        Replying to @aral

        @aral In what sense? He resisted arrest by hiding in an embassy. No-one forced him in there. Or is he above the law?

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 5 Feb 2016
        Replying to @CraigGrannell

        @CraigGrannell Depends on which law. US law (under which he’d probably be the target of a drone bombing if he wasn’t in London) or…?

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Craig Grannell‏ @CraigGrannell 5 Feb 2016
        Replying to @aral

        @aral So you're saying if he answered to the accusations in Sweden, the US would bomb with drones? More likely (but not very) in Ecuador.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 5 Feb 2016
        Replying to @CraigGrannell

        @CraigGrannell Nope (not unless it was Pakistan). I’m saying he’d be extradited to the US and tried for his work on Wikileaks.

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      6. Craig Grannell‏ @CraigGrannell 5 Feb 2016
        Replying to @aral

        @aral I assume you long ago read David Allen Green's post/response to rebuttal, with input from Swedes? http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/media/2012/09/legal-mythology-extradition-julian-assange …

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      7. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 5 Feb 2016
        Replying to @CraigGrannell

        @CraigGrannell Yes, as well as the thoughts of Khan, Chomsky, etc.

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      8. End of conversation
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      2. anyabike‏ @anyabike 5 Feb 2016
        Replying to @aral

        @aral You really think he’s being “arbitrarily detained” because he doesn’t want to be arrested and face due process?

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 5 Feb 2016
        Replying to @anyabike

        @anyabike I feel “due process” has been corrupted beyond recognition for political reasons.

        1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes
      4. anyabike‏ @anyabike 5 Feb 2016
        Replying to @aral

        @aral He’s accused of rape and he’s been on the run for 5 years now. How do you suggest the complainant’s rights be enforced?

        3 replies 0 retweets 5 likes
      5. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 5 Feb 2016
        Replying to @anyabike

        .@anyabike The charges could have easily been tried w/out exposing him to extradition to US. Sweden/US sabotaged that case, not Assange.

        2 replies 1 retweet 3 likes
      6. anyabike‏ @anyabike 5 Feb 2016
        Replying to @aral

        .@aral Bollocks.

        3 replies 0 retweets 7 likes
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      1. Joseph Lord - Brexit means "vassalage [or] chaos"‏ @jl_hfl 5 Feb 2016
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        @aral He jumped bail. Bail is important avoiding accused being held on remand and abusing it is serious IMO. Evading initial capture is OK.

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