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struggle4progress

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3. Swedish court ordered arrest. Assange appealed that in Swedish court and lost. He was arrested in UK

Reply to Bonobo (Reply #1)

Thu Aug 30, 2012, 02:48 AM

Aug 2012

and contested extradition, lost that case, lost on appeal to High Court there, lost again on appeal to Supreme Court there. He was given a fortnight to appeal to Strasbourg but jumped bail. He belongs in Sweden now. If the case against him is as bad as his supporters continually claim, he'll very quickly walk away free

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Rushing to discredit his two women accusers is wrong way to protect Wikileaks founder. [View all] struggle4progress Aug 2012 OP

You're right. There is no need to discredit the women who didn't accuse him of rape. Bonobo Aug 2012 #1

Swedish court ordered arrest. Assange appealed that in Swedish court and lost. He was arrested in UK struggle4progress Aug 2012 #3

Letting him go on is not the same thing as consenting in the first place. Spider Jerusalem Aug 2012 #4

Thank you for posting that. She speaks what I've been thinking but couldn't put into words. Zalatix Aug 2012 #2