Some more perspective on Assange's situation.
It's really fucking ridiculous that there are people who still doubt the obvious conclusion as to what's really going on here....
So, erm, what would that be? I honestly don't see what the conspiracy here is supposed to entail. Worst case: Assange gets arrested for rape in Sweden, is granted full and considerable due process before extradition in the UK, then is granted far stronger due process in both the UK and Sweden from some hypothetical extradition from the US (which, under extradition law, can't be for political or espionage crimes or if the death penalty is a possibility -
a quick legal summary and a
case where a defected CIA officer was not extradited from Sweden).
If I were conspiring to get Assange into a US jail the last thing I would do is keep him in the European judicial system. Having him somewhere with a weaker legal framework and maybe a recent history of
That article is full of falsehoods. In particular;
(It is worth noting that neither of the two women accused Assange of rape; although that is one of the allegations that has been spread throughout the media and the world).
Also the
court documents filed in the case.
Seriously,
here are the legal descriptions of the allegations, including summaries of the statements from the women.
According to three British courts (the original magistrate, the High Court and Supreme Court) and at one Swedish (the appeals court that approved the initial arrest warrant) these allegations amount to serious sexual offences including rape. My personal reading is that they would be similar crimes under US law as well.
The Swedish government also refused to negotiate with Ecuador for an extradition under which Assange would go to Sweden but not be subject to extradition to the U.S. This would be very easy for Sweden (or the U.K., for that matter) to arrange.
This is entirely false. Under Swedish law and international treaty, the final decision about any extradition would rest with the Swedish Supreme Court.
Two Swedish legal
experts on this topic. They can't legally offer such assurances even if it were a reasonable thing to do.
And frankly, it's not a reasonable thing to do. Someone accused of a crime doesn't get to dictate how that crime is investigated and the conditions of their own questioning.
The idea that they are abandoning the case because they are unwilling to play along with the legal fiction of the accused is twisted and delusional.
I've been following this considerably and a lot of the material coming from Assange supporters has been making me feel sick.