# Aren't embassies inviolate under international law?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arent-embassies-inviolate-under-international-law/631635>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 16, 2012, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arent-embassies-inviolate-under-international-law/631635 "2012-08-16T01:20:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Floater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dc4da7/32.png) [@Floater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floater)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2012, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arent-embassies-inviolate-under-international-law/631635/121 "2012-08-22T06:31:06Z")

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> [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](#):
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> [Legal myths about the Assange extradition](http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/david-allen-green/2012/08/legal-myths-about-assange-extradition) …

Thank you for adding some sanity to this farce.

> [@aldiboronti](#):
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> Assange may well be guilty of rape. It would take a lot to convince me however that the timing of those charges against him was purely coincidental.

Timing in respect to what?

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**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2012, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arent-embassies-inviolate-under-international-law/631635/122 "2012-08-22T13:33:16Z")

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> [@Grumman](#):
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> You believe it is a choice between prison in Sweden and exile in Ecuador.
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> Assange is not going to be found guilty of the crimes for which he is wanted for questioning. Even if he had committed these crimes, the nature of the crimes is such that there is not and _cannot be_ enough evidence to prove it to the extent required by law in any civilised country. He’s already been questioned about them while he was in Sweden, offered to be questioned again without being extradited (for which there is precedent in Swedish law) and even to return to Sweden if he received a guarantee to not be handed over to the US.

They would probably have been far more open to this if Assange hadn’t left Sweden after (apparently six days after) being made aware that he was wanted for further questioning. His legal counsel claims they had no contact with him - or indeed ability to contact him - in these six days, which frankly is ludicrous.

Additionally, if he is wanted for arrest and/or charging then they’ll have difficulty doing that outside their jurisdiction.

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