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dipsydoodle

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3. It here in another Guardian link

Reply to Ghost Dog (Reply #1)

Fri Dec 16, 2011, 09:51 PM

Dec 2011

At an earlier hearing his barrister, Mark Summers, argued that public prosecutors were not "judicial authorities" able to issue warrants under extradition law, and so the warrant was invalid. If Assange, 40, loses this appeal he may still be able to appeal against extradition to the European court of human rights in Strasbourg.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/dec/16/julian-assange-appeal-seven-judges

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Julian Assange can appeal against extradition, supreme court rules [View all] muriel_volestrangler Dec 2011 OP

Interesting. Are Swedish prosecutors also magistrates or judges? Is that the question? Ghost Dog Dec 2011 #1

Probably more focused ..... as you suggested. dipsydoodle Dec 2011 #2

It here in another Guardian link dipsydoodle Dec 2011 #3