[planetguy]

I'm confused by the embassy's statement.

Is an embassy really obliged to shelter any foreign national who might show up on the run from the law for a fairly prosaic [ahem alleged] crime? If I knock over a gas station can I show up at the Tanzanian embassy, say "Hi, I'm a political refugee" and hang around for long enough for them to process this claim?

[anthonyb]

I think the circumstances around the case make it anything but prosaic.