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Julian Assange jailed for 50 weeks over Ecuador embassy bail-jumping

Mark 85

Try jumping bail and publicly holing yourself up in a building, and see if the cops don't come to arrest you. In his case he hid in a diplomatic mission, so they waited for him to come out.

Part of the issue is the diplomatic mission and part is the guy having asylum in it. Assange is not exactly an individual who's not made enemies. I suspect the local police were there to ensure the safety of the embassy also.

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