does anyone else find the details of this treaty a bit alarming?
If I'm understanding correctly, you don't have to be a citizen of India to be extradited there from the U.S., and you don't have to have committed the crime on Indian soil, meaning if you or I say something that the Indian government doesn't like, we could, in theory, be extradited to India to stand trial.
Admittedly, there's some language in there about exceptions for "political" crimes, but get a friendly judge and a Party prosecutor, and you could probably get around that pretty easily, given the current political climate...
You don't have to be an Indian citizen or have committed the crime on Indian soil to orchestrate a terrorist attack in the country. This is why it's worded like that, however because of wording like this we get cases like Assange.
You don't have to be an Indian citizen or have committed the crime on Indian soil to orchestrate a terrorist attack in the country. This is why it's worded like that
makes sense.
however because of wording like this we get cases like Assange.
:sigh: the nineties really were a more innocent time...when the thought of extraditing and indicting a journalist for journalism was unthinkable in the west...
https://www.congress.gov/treaty-document/105th-congress/30/document-text
does anyone else find the details of this treaty a bit alarming?
If I'm understanding correctly, you don't have to be a citizen of India to be extradited there from the U.S., and you don't have to have committed the crime on Indian soil, meaning if you or I say something that the Indian government doesn't like, we could, in theory, be extradited to India to stand trial.
Admittedly, there's some language in there about exceptions for "political" crimes, but get a friendly judge and a Party prosecutor, and you could probably get around that pretty easily, given the current political climate...
You don't have to be an Indian citizen or have committed the crime on Indian soil to orchestrate a terrorist attack in the country. This is why it's worded like that, however because of wording like this we get cases like Assange.
makes sense.
:sigh: the nineties really were a more innocent time...when the thought of extraditing and indicting a journalist for journalism was unthinkable in the west...