So let me see if I understand the 2 biggest hot button topics on DU

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194. Many people here, especially from the U.S. confuse U.S. and Swedish law.

The article points out that accusations have been made that meet the requirement under Swedish law of probable cause for his arrest. The warrant for his arrest and his arrest must come before he can be questioned and charged formally, which would be followed by a trial.

When people say, he has not been charged, they seem to use this as an excuse to say he is being arrested without cause. The exact opposite is true. The Swedish police in their preliminary investigation found probable cause of a sex crime and issued, in accordance with swedish law, an international warrant for his arrest.

Assange made two separate pleas before the British Supreme Court that determined what he did would be a crime in England, that there was probable cause for issuing a warrant for his arrest, and the court approved extradition.

The international manhunt is warranted, in accordance with English law, Swedish law, and international law.

Assange, after exhausting his legal attempts to avoid prosecution, fled to a Ecuadorian embassy so he does not have to face trial in a Swedish Court.