British Threat on Ecuador Is Illegal

Britain threatened Ecuador concerning Assange. But the threat is illegal because it conflicts with a treaty that Great Britain signed. Here’s the threat: “Under British law we can give them a weeks’ notice before entering the premises and the embassy will no longer have diplomatic protection,” a Foreign Office spokesman said. But the United Kingdom signed the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations in 1963. It states in Article 31 that “The authorities of the receiving State shall not enter that part of the consular premises which is used exclusively for the purpose of the work of the consular post except … Continue reading British Threat on Ecuador Is Illegal