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Well played, India. Khobragade has been into the victim of the case by your hysterical posturing. Upper class Indians can continue to exploit the little people.The United Nations has approved a request from India to accredit a New York-based diplomat after her arrest by U.S. authorities on criminal charges including visa fraud, a U.N. official said on Monday.
Indian media said the request to transfer Devyani Khobragade, who was deputy consul-general in New York, to the United Nations was aimed at ending the stand-off with the United States in the hopes that her new diplomatic status could allow New Delhi to bring her home without the prosecution proceeding.
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One possible scenario to solve the crisis would be that she receives full diplomatic immunity in her U.N. post if the State Department approves her transfer. The U.S. government would then ask for her immunity to be removed so she can face prosecution. Assuming India refused, the State Department could then take steps to have her removed from the country.
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We (the U.S.) have accused the diplomat of breaking the law. She is a suspect, and is still considered innocent until she has her day in court. Yes, she was booked and strip searched, but she and her family are out walking the streets again as safe as ever before. On the other hand the Indian State Department has publicly stated that the housemaid is lying and trying to blackmail and/or get revenge against the diplomat. They want her returned to India, and have apparently made threats against her family serious enough that the U.S. government feels it is necessary to bring the family to the U.S. for protection. What kind of trial would the housemaid get if she returned to India? It sounds like she has already been tried and condemned. What if we treated the diplomat the same way, following the Indian government's example against one of their own citizens and her family? This woman is already suspected of committing crimes in the U.S. while sheltered by partial immunity, is it really a good idea to now allow her to have FULL diplomatic immunity? She obviously doesn't think she did anything wrong, feels no remorse, what will she do if she knows the law can't touch her? Forget the backdoor games India is trying to pull, deny her full UN immunity and let her prove her case in court.