Because European law says so.
Read the New Statesman article linked somewhere in this thread. You'll find that most of what people on the Internet say about the legal issues is factually wrong.
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The New Statesman article and its author David Allen Green have been extensively debunked. If you do choose to read it, read it in conjunction with http://justice4assange.com/extraditing-assange.html to get the full picture.