Julian Assange refuses to comply with UK authorities on extradition
Preeti Manshi
Jun. 29, 2012

Assange has been holed-up in Ecuador's embassy in London since he made a surprise application for political asylum last week. On Thursday, British police summoned Assange to a London police station, demanding he leave the embassy.

Assange says he has political immunity as long as Equador is willing to provide him the cover.

But Assange later told BBC television in a telephone interview: "Our advice is that asylum law both internationally and domestically in the UK takes precedence to extradition law, so the answer is almost certainly not."

UK Police said they had formally "served a surrender notice upon a 40-year-old man that requires him to attend a police station at date and time of our choosing".

"He remains in breach of his bail conditions, failing to surrender would be a further breach of conditions and he is liable to arrest," the police statement added.

By diplomatic convention, police cannot enter the embassy without authorization from Ecuador. But even if Quito granted him asylum, he has no way of traveling to Ecuador without passing through London and exposing himself to arrest.

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