UK won’t extradite man over Tokyo jewelry heist, cites Japan’s human rights record – The Mainichi

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1. Hotel Japan, famed for the Carlos Ghosn and Nagoya Immigration experience.

2. From the names I’m guessing the 3 men are UK citizens. It’s courteous enough of UK to even think of extradition for their own citizens. Japan would never extradite their own either…

3. Why would anyone trust Japan on this, based on their record?

4. The UK protecting their fellow criminals, now that’s brilliant patriotism! /s

5. “Friday’s decision not to extradite Joe Chappell, who is currently on bail, was based on the grounds that the Japanese authorities could not provide “sufficient assurances” that he would be treated in compliance with the European Convention on Human Rights.”

   Gross. Time to join the 21st century Japan.

6. Jibun wo…

7. Well, isn’t UK the country that wants to extradite Julian Assange to the US without any care in the world concerning the US record of respecting human rights of a certain kind of prisoner?

8. the same country that would extradite Julian Assange to the US, and they still have the audacity to talk about “human rights record” of other countries

9. >Chappell’s defense team has expressed concerns that if extradited, he might be made to confess under duress. Japan has argued that police interrogations in principle are recorded.

   I mean his lawyers aren’t wrong, we’ve all heard the horror stories.

10. To be fair, Japan doesn’t really have a system of “justice”. A 99.6% conviction rate is not something to be proud of.

11. Oh I see. You are all chill with these scumbags assaulting a Japanese person and stealing half a million dollars in jewelry and walking free because of….justice? Yeah you’re are morally superior.

12. Considering the hell of Japanese detention and their policing efforts, I’m not surprised the UK is choosing to handle this internally.

    A diabetic pal of mine in a hypo at 2 in the morning got dragged into a private room by 8 police officers in the back of a 7/11 and yelled at/threatened with arrest for over an hour for putting contact lense solution in her handbag instead of her basket. The solution cost barely $3.

13. I have no idea about anything, let alone international relations, but isn’t that a really heavy statement? if the court legally decides that Japan is not a country where it’s safe to be arrested, shouldn’t that have implications on things like travel recommendations and mutual visa agreements? for example, if your official stance is that your citizens may be tortured if arrested in Japan, how can you justify having friendly visa agreements like a working holiday visa? doesn’t really seem logical.