Don’t send Assange to US, says Dunn family
THE parents of Harry Dunn have demanded the Government blocks the extradition of Julian Assange until the US returns the suspect in their son’s death.
Charlotte Charles, 44, and Tim Dunn, 50, said US extradition requests should be refused after the country rejected the return of Anne Sacoolas, 42.
Uproar
Mr Dunn, 19, was killed when his motorbike was hit by a car, said to have been driven by Mrs Sacoolas, outside a US military base in Northamptonshire last August.
Mrs Sacoolas, wife of a US intelligence official, was granted diplomatic immunity after the crash and sparked uproar when she returned to her home country. Dunn family spokesman
Radd Seiger said the Foreign Affairs Committee had accepted their request for an inquiry into the matter, and pointed to Assange’s potential extradition to the US in his statement.
WikiLeaks founder Assange is facing 18 charges in the US over the publication of classified government documents.
Mr Seiger said: “The US is not behaving like an ally and has effectively thumbed its nose up at the UK.
“Despite its disgraceful refusal to extradite Anne Sacoolas, the US continues to seek the extradition of people in the UK, such as Julian Assange.
“On behalf of Harry Dunn’s family and the millions of concerned citizens in the UK, I now demand that the UK authorities block any further extraditions to the US, including the one of Julian Assange, until such time as Anne Sacoolas is extradited and back on UK soil facing the justice system here.”
This comes after the Foreign Office said it had “no plans” to launch a public inquiry into the case.
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