Julian Assange
Julian Assange
Out of context: Reply #60
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"Could he be smuggled out – or placed in a crate or bag that has diplomatic protection?
As far-fetched as this sounds, it has been tried before in the UK.
In 1984 an attempt was made to abduct a Nigerian politician, Umaru Dikko, from Britain by placing him in a crate and attempting to ship him back to Nigeria. Those involved tried, but failed, to label the crate correctly as a diplomatic package or bag.
The Vienna Convention says: "The diplomatic bag shall not be opened or detained."
But such a package is not immune from scanning, or from thermal imaging, which would pick up body heat from inside any such package. In such circumstances, UK authorities may be entitled to open the package and seize the concealed Assange."
- How is scanning-and-opening not the same as opening? The result is the same.i_monk