Harry Dunn family call for blocking Assange extradition on lack of reciprocity grounds
The family of Northamptonshire teenager, Harry Dunn, has called on the British government to block the extradition of dissident journalist Julian Assange until the US agrees to extradite the suspect in their son’s death.
Harry, 19, was killed in a head-on crash with a car while riding his motorbike near RAF Croughton in Northamptonshire last August.
RAF Croughton houses a large US base and the suspect in Harry’s death, Anne Sacoolas, has been exposed as a CIA officer.
Sacoolas, who is married to another CIA officer who was on official assignment at RAF Crougton, claimed diplomatic immunity and quickly fled the UK, in part assisted by the UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO).
Last December, Sacoolas was charged with causing Harry’s death by dangerous driving – an offence that can attract a 14-year custodial sentence – but the US government refuses to extradite her to the UK.
Harry’s family spokesman, Radd Seiger, has accused the US of “hypocrisy” by seeking Assange’s extradition, despite refusing to extradite the CIA officer Sacoolas.
Seiger added that the principle of “reciprocity” is at the heart of any extradition treaty, which Washington is “failing to abide by” over its refusal to hand over CIA officer Sacoolas.
Wikileaks founder Assange, is currently incarcerated in Belmarsh Prison in south east London pending extradition to the United States, where he faces 18 national security-related charges.
If found guilty by a US court, Assange, 48, potentially faces a 175-year prison sentence.
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