Comments on: Why the US-UK extradition treaty should not be ratified http://www.owen.org/blog/410 Thoughts on development and beyond Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:50:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: SnakeOil Labs » McKinnon Loses Extradition Hearing: Gets Orange Suit and 1-way Ticket to Cuba? http://www.owen.org/blog/410/comment-page-1#comment-1798 SnakeOil Labs » McKinnon Loses Extradition Hearing: Gets Orange Suit and 1-way Ticket to Cuba? Wed, 10 May 2006 12:13:15 +0000 http://www.owen.org/blog/2006/01/01/why-the-us-uk-extradition-treaty-should-not-be-ratified/#comment-1798 [...] Link to analysis of the treaty, Interesting post from the US viewpoint of the treaty, Free Gary McKinnon Blog [...] [...] Link to analysis of the treaty, Interesting post from the US viewpoint of the treaty, Free Gary McKinnon Blog [...]

]]> By: Tim Worstall http://www.owen.org/blog/410/comment-page-1#comment-1797 Tim Worstall Mon, 02 Jan 2006 10:47:13 +0000 http://www.owen.org/blog/2006/01/01/why-the-us-uk-extradition-treaty-should-not-be-ratified/#comment-1797 Not only do you have DK agreeing with you the above could have come from Phillip Johnston at the Telegraph. Are you sure you’re feeling all right? <em><strong>Owen replies:</strong> Tim: I only read the Torygraph under duress (ie when it is free on airplanes) so I have no idea if it is a compliment to be compared to the Philip Johnston of whom you speak. Somehow I doubt if it is a comparison I would relish.  </em> Not only do you have DK agreeing with you the above could have come from Phillip Johnston at the Telegraph.

Are you sure you’re feeling all right?

Owen replies: Tim: I only read the Torygraph under duress (ie when it is free on airplanes) so I have no idea if it is a compliment to be compared to the Philip Johnston of whom you speak. Somehow I doubt if it is a comparison I would relish.  

]]> By: Watching Them, Watching Us http://www.owen.org/blog/410/comment-page-1#comment-1796 Watching Them, Watching Us Mon, 02 Jan 2006 02:15:12 +0000 http://www.owen.org/blog/2006/01/01/why-the-us-uk-extradition-treaty-should-not-be-ratified/#comment-1796 What about the <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.statewatch.org/news/2004/jan/01euro-arrest-warrant.htm">European Arrest Warrant</a> ? This also does <strong>not</strong> require any prima facie evidence to be presented to a UK court. <em><strong>Owen replies:</strong> I am actually pretty relaxed about that, because as a European citizen I feel that being moved for trial from one European country to another is not very different from being moved from one court to another within the UK. It is quite different from being moved to a jurisdiction of which you are not a citizen.  But I appreciate that some other people feel differently about their citizenship of the European Union.</em> What about the European Arrest Warrant ?

This also does not require any prima facie evidence to be presented to a UK court.

Owen replies: I am actually pretty relaxed about that, because as a European citizen I feel that being moved for trial from one European country to another is not very different from being moved from one court to another within the UK. It is quite different from being moved to a jurisdiction of which you are not a citizen.  But I appreciate that some other people feel differently about their citizenship of the European Union.

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