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snot

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10. This is about Ecuador

Reply to struggle4progress (Reply #4)

Fri Feb 12, 2016, 03:18 PM

Feb 2016

wanting Sweden to let the Ecuadorian prosecutor pose Sweden's questions to Assange, not about Assange refusing to answer. It's a power struggle between sovereign states.

Note, it took 4.5 years for Sweden to decide that yeah, maybe Assange could be questioned even if he wasn't on Swedish soil. Clearly, what they want is not Assange's answers, but the power to take him into custody regardless of his answers.

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Julian Assange prosecutor to request interview at Ecuadorian embassy [View all] bemildred Feb 2016 OP

I'm losing count of how many times Sweden's asked and been told no struggle4progress Feb 2016 #1

Sorry, no idea. nt bemildred Feb 2016 #2

Could you pls provide a little more detail/backup for that? snot Feb 2016 #3

"... Swedish prosecutors offered in March to question Assange in London ... But Quito refused struggle4progress Feb 2016 #4

This is about Ecuador snot Feb 2016 #10

When Assange was arrested in the UK on a European Arrest Warrant issued in Sweden, struggle4progress Feb 2016 #13

He actually fled Sweden after the prosecutor scheduled an interview through his lawyer hack89 Feb 2016 #5

He left Sweden the day his lawyer was notified snot Feb 2016 #11

No - he left Sweden six days after his lawyer was notified hack89 Feb 2016 #12

Dishonest in selective outrage. Hissyspit Feb 2016 #6

Think of it as a giant battle of wills among medieval political titans. bemildred Feb 2016 #7

As was recognized by the Belmarsh magistrate in the primary extradition hearings, struggle4progress Feb 2016 #8

Nice summary cemaphonic Feb 2016 #9