Julian Assange given 14 days to challenge extradition ruling

[shcrane71]

Source: The Guardian

Julian Assange's fight against extradition to Sweden may stagger on to a second round at the supreme court after he was granted permission to submit fresh arguments.

Despite losing by a majority of five to two, his lawyers have been given 14 days to consider whether to challenge a central point of the judgment on the correct interpretation of international treaties.

The highly unusual legal development came after the supreme court justices decided that a public prosecutor was a "judicial authority" and that therefore Assange's arrest warrant had been lawfully issued.

Assange, who is facing charges of sexual assault and rape in Sweden, was not in court; there was no legal requirement for him to be present. According to his solicitor, Gareth Peirce, he was stuck in central London traffic and never made it to the court in Westminster.


Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/may/30/julian-assange-challenge-extradition

[lookingfortruth]

1. Sweden's Judges (most of them) know what a scam this Extradition and "Arrest Warrent" are.

This is the biggest Bullshit scam.

[tcaudilllg]

4. I love America

You can argue for the killing of foreign nationals with impunity. Gotta love that 1st amendment.

[lookingfortruth]

5. Do you even have a clue about what is going on? Try getting all the facts. Two women

ONE OF WHOM HAS TIES TO AMERICAN COMPANIES claimed they got raped by Assange (It wasn't raped because the Condom Broke!)

When Sweden First tried to bring Extra diction charges against Assange it didn't fly with other prosecutors or others in the Justice system.


This is all a stunt to get Assange to a country that will than allow America to extradite him. They want to punish him for Wikileaks.

This is HUGE case of Countries and Corporate and Military complexes overpowering and hiding the truth.

[SidDithers]

14. Well, not total impunity...

Sid

[radhika]

2. Will the accusers be present to testify?

Last I heard they had opted out of the case....

[lookingfortruth]

6. probably not. Especially the one with the American Corporate ties.

[radhika]

11. I've had many suspicions...feels like a set-up by PTB

As a woman, I hate to second-guess another woman's charge of rape or assault. That dismissal has been my gender's ugly saga dealing with patriarchal justice.

But this time - cynical. Both women were his voluntary sex partners. They reported the crime together after each finding out about the other. The charges were once reported as 'sexual surprise' which still has me scratching my head. Is that waking up to find a partner doing something 'surprising' to you?

If Swedish justice is as many of you suggest, I'm sure no one will wish to explore these issues. Just hand him over to the USA, dead or alive.

[lookingfortruth]

13. As a rape victim I smelled shit on this story. Exactly both woman consented to sex now both

women "felt" the condom break and he didn't pull out soon enough. I have a few friends from Sweden who can't believe the courts are actually going through this and figure the U.S. is pulling the strings big time.


They tried to bring these charges twice before and it deflated under public eye.

[msanthrope]

12. Could you document your assertion? nt

[lookingfortruth]

15. You can easily google the various articles but here are some articles

Sweden drops Assange rape charge (Aug 2010)

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2010/08/2010821153010551757.html



http://fabiusmaximus.wordpress.com/2010/08/27/20773/
The full story of the rape charges against Julian Assange of Wikileaks, a possible covert op
(I've seen better articles from better sources but can't find them in this search.)

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/julian_assange/

Report Claims Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange Secretly Indicted In U.S.

[msanthrope]

16. I'm sorry but you still haven't provided a citation for the accusations you made against

the victims.

[Nye Bevan]

7. Is Sweden known for torture, waterboarding and summary executions?

I don't see what the problem is here. Why is Assamge afraid of the Swedish justice system?

[shcrane71]

8. I think because Sweden has tacitly communicated that they

would be open to extraditing Assange to the US.

[Hissyspit]

9. No, they are known for a draconian pre-trial system and assisting rendition.

The accused are often kept incommunicado even from counsel.

[DisgustipatedinCA]

10. You'll probably want to educate yourself before posting more on the topic

It's up to you, of course, but if you don't see a problem with extradition to Sweden, you probably weren't following those news stories last year.