Julian Assange is concerned not about any proceedings in Sweden as such, but believe that his deportation to Sweden could lead to politically motivated deportation to the United States, where he could face severe penalties, up to the death sentence, for his activities related to WikiLeaks. On 16 August 2012, Foreign Minister Patiño announced that Ecuador was granting Assange political asylum because of the threat represented by the United States secret investigation against him and several calls for assassination from many American politicians. In its formal statement, Ecuador reasoned that "as a consequence of [Assange's] determined defense to freedom of expression and
Extradition law in the Philippines UK ambassador as of January 2017. India, Vietnam and the United Kingdom have all signed extradition treaties with the Philippines . Extradition law in the Philippines Extradition in the Philippines may come into effect when the Philippine government and an international government sign an agreement through a treaty to be ratified by their respective implementing bodies. These are countries that have signed extradition treaties to the Philippines and have taken effect by ratification: The United Kingdom extradition treaty was ratified by the Philippine senate in March 4 2014 and is now in force.Up until 2017 no actual person has been