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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Kim Dotcom: Julian Assange Will Be Hillary Clinton’s Worst Nightmare in 2016 [View all]AntiBank
(1,339 posts)142. here you go
http://www.dn.se/nyheter/sverige/svensk-lag-i-vagen-for-assange-forhor/
Det är Sveriges fel om Wikileaksgrundaren Julian Assange inte kan höras av svenska åklagare innan preskriptionstiden för vissa av de sexbrott han misstänks för löper ut i augusti. Det påstod Ecuadors utrikesminister Ricardo Patiño Aroca nyligen.
Men om Ecuadors krav tillmötesgicks skulle det innebära brott mot svensk lagstiftning, enligt Cecilia Riddselius, chef för centralmyndigheten vid justitiedepartementet.
Som villkor för att Assange ska få höras har man krävt ett särskilt avtal där Sverige erkänner asylstatus för Assange. Men regeringen kan inte göra en sådan utfästelse eftersom det är Migrationsverket som prövar om en person har rätt till asyl, säger Riddselius till TT.
I Sveriges och Ecuadors skriftväxling om villkoren för förhör uttrycker Ecuador oro över att Assange om han så småningom skulle hamna i Sverige riskerar att utlämnas till USA för misstänkta brott där.
Men ett tillstånd att hålla förhör förändrar inte det faktum att Assange fortfarande befinner sig på deras ambassad och åtnjuter den politiska asyl som de gett honom, säger Riddselius.
Åklagaren kan alltså inte ta med Assange till Sverige efter förhören.
Trots det kräver Ecuador redan nu en garanti från Sveriges regering om att Assange inte kommer att utlämnas till USA längre fram.
Svensk rätt medger inte att man på förhand ger en sådan garanti, säger Riddselius.
En eventuell utlämning till USA kan dessutom avgöras av regeringen först efter yttranden av riksåklagaren och Högsta domstolen. I det här fallet skulle det dessutom krävas ett samtycke från Storbritannien.
Svenska åklagare var i London under sommaren för att höra Assange men släpptes inte in på ambassaden. Enligt Riddselius berodde det på att Sverige inte gått med på de krav som strider mot svensk rätt.
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and here is an English summary
Sweden 'can't offer Assange guarantees'
http://www.thelocal.se/20120625/41636
Sweden would not be able to offer Julian Assange a diplomatic guarantee against being extradited to the United States should the WikiLeaks founder end up back in Sweden to face sex crime accusations, according to a justice ministry official.
On Monday, it emerged that Assange may be ready to return to Sweden to face questioning over claims by two women that he raped and sexually assaulted them in August 2010.
However, he would only consider giving up his lengthy battle to avoid extradition to Sweden if officials in Stockholm guaranteed that he wouldn't be turned over to the United States to face espionage and conspiracy charges over secret US documents previously published by WikiLeaks.
But an official with Sweden's Ministry of Justice said that, according to current legislation, Sweden couldn't provide Assange with the guarantees he's currently seeking.
"Any such guarantee doesn't exist," Cecilia Riddselius, a staff member with the ministry's Division for Criminal Cases and International Judicial Cooperation, told the Dagens Nyheter (DN) newspaper.
"After having worked on these issues for ten years, I can't see how it could become reality."
Det är Sveriges fel om Wikileaksgrundaren Julian Assange inte kan höras av svenska åklagare innan preskriptionstiden för vissa av de sexbrott han misstänks för löper ut i augusti. Det påstod Ecuadors utrikesminister Ricardo Patiño Aroca nyligen.
Men om Ecuadors krav tillmötesgicks skulle det innebära brott mot svensk lagstiftning, enligt Cecilia Riddselius, chef för centralmyndigheten vid justitiedepartementet.
Som villkor för att Assange ska få höras har man krävt ett särskilt avtal där Sverige erkänner asylstatus för Assange. Men regeringen kan inte göra en sådan utfästelse eftersom det är Migrationsverket som prövar om en person har rätt till asyl, säger Riddselius till TT.
I Sveriges och Ecuadors skriftväxling om villkoren för förhör uttrycker Ecuador oro över att Assange om han så småningom skulle hamna i Sverige riskerar att utlämnas till USA för misstänkta brott där.
Men ett tillstånd att hålla förhör förändrar inte det faktum att Assange fortfarande befinner sig på deras ambassad och åtnjuter den politiska asyl som de gett honom, säger Riddselius.
Åklagaren kan alltså inte ta med Assange till Sverige efter förhören.
Trots det kräver Ecuador redan nu en garanti från Sveriges regering om att Assange inte kommer att utlämnas till USA längre fram.
Svensk rätt medger inte att man på förhand ger en sådan garanti, säger Riddselius.
En eventuell utlämning till USA kan dessutom avgöras av regeringen först efter yttranden av riksåklagaren och Högsta domstolen. I det här fallet skulle det dessutom krävas ett samtycke från Storbritannien.
Svenska åklagare var i London under sommaren för att höra Assange men släpptes inte in på ambassaden. Enligt Riddselius berodde det på att Sverige inte gått med på de krav som strider mot svensk rätt.
snip
and here is an English summary
Sweden 'can't offer Assange guarantees'
http://www.thelocal.se/20120625/41636
Sweden would not be able to offer Julian Assange a diplomatic guarantee against being extradited to the United States should the WikiLeaks founder end up back in Sweden to face sex crime accusations, according to a justice ministry official.
On Monday, it emerged that Assange may be ready to return to Sweden to face questioning over claims by two women that he raped and sexually assaulted them in August 2010.
However, he would only consider giving up his lengthy battle to avoid extradition to Sweden if officials in Stockholm guaranteed that he wouldn't be turned over to the United States to face espionage and conspiracy charges over secret US documents previously published by WikiLeaks.
But an official with Sweden's Ministry of Justice said that, according to current legislation, Sweden couldn't provide Assange with the guarantees he's currently seeking.
"Any such guarantee doesn't exist," Cecilia Riddselius, a staff member with the ministry's Division for Criminal Cases and International Judicial Cooperation, told the Dagens Nyheter (DN) newspaper.
"After having worked on these issues for ten years, I can't see how it could become reality."
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Kim Dotcom: Julian Assange Will Be Hillary Clinton’s Worst Nightmare in 2016 [View all]
coyote
Jun 2016
OP
Because he never hacked her home server. Whatever he has is from government systems prone to being
glennward
Jun 2016
#113
Nobody knows Assange? That's why the Arab Spring never happened, I guess...
leeroysphitz
Jun 2016
#134
It must not be good news for DotCom. When they start feeling sad, they start lashing out.
randome
Jun 2016
#7
extradition= must silence this individual at all costs- we cannot allow the truth
swhisper1
Jun 2016
#20
The moment he selectively edited the "Collateral Murder" video, he lost all respect.
randome
Jun 2016
#24
heros? He is not a hero- he is an investigative journalist, a near extinct species
swhisper1
Jun 2016
#58
The US has absolutly no right to extradite a foreign citizen who broke no laws
swhisper1
Jun 2016
#54
of released e-mail. yes now they may have the others. Assange did not say it is dirt, that is Hilbot
swhisper1
Jun 2016
#56
I guess we will know when we know. The unknowns we know cannot be known to civilians, for we know
swhisper1
Jun 2016
#59
Not only that, but he never seems interested in exposing Russia. Wonder why?
Metric System
Jun 2016
#27
Russia isnt hiding their intent, and in other than major cities, they are still using typewriters
swhisper1
Jun 2016
#60
Every time Assange says it, these guys believe it. It's like Lucy and the football.
Squinch
Jun 2016
#29
Didn't Washington make it illegal for Federal Employees to even look at WikiLeaks?
Octafish
Jun 2016
#8
Isn't Assange the accused rapist waiting out the statute of limitations in a safe haven?
lapucelle
Jun 2016
#10
twisted talking heads are not valid sources of news, They speak corporate, not english
swhisper1
Jun 2016
#150
the whole case is bogus, politically driven, Marianne Ny (chief prosecutor) is a laughing stock here
AntiBank
Jun 2016
#61
you are just flat out wrong (and you do not understand our government and judicial system here)
AntiBank
Jun 2016
#146
the Prime Minster can order Morgan Johansson, the Justitieminister (Head of the Ministry of Justice)
AntiBank
Jun 2016
#149
Using a virulent Holocaust denier as an Assange defender is classy. Really classy. nt
msanthrope
Jun 2016
#85
What Holocaust denier? How about the Wikileaks employee and noted Holocaust denier
msanthrope
Jun 2016
#91
I didn't post shit about or by Israel Shamir, take your lunacy and conspiracy theories elsewhere
AntiBank
Jun 2016
#94
You most certainly did....the honeypot/CIA defense was originated, without a shred of
msanthrope
Jun 2016
#96
the possible honeypot nature is far from the central point to all of this, Snowden released docs
AntiBank
Jun 2016
#99
Ironic you toss this out, as one of Assange's accusers worked for a Swedish group who brought in
AntiBank
Jun 2016
#109
Actually, no.... the fact that the poster chooses to go after the victim is instructive.
msanthrope
Jun 2016
#120
No....you aren't. The fact that you repeated the narrative of a Wikileaks employee regarding the
msanthrope
Jun 2016
#139
It is you who used the story of a virulent Holocaust denier. It is you who suggested the
msanthrope
Jun 2016
#141
Assange is not a rapist, you have very little understanding obviously of the case here in Sweden
AntiBank
Jun 2016
#73
For someone who lives in Sweden you don't seem to know how criminal investigations there work
YoungDemCA
Jun 2016
#103
because he is a target of an bogus, arbitrary investigation (the United Nations says so)
AntiBank
Jun 2016
#105
I'm sure Assange, like most rapists, does feel that the investigation is bogus
YoungDemCA
Jun 2016
#107
lol, still on with the smears, well goodbye to you, you dont even have the intelligence to put in
AntiBank
Jun 2016
#110
The phrase you're looking for is: "a unique perspective on criminal justice".
brooklynite
Jun 2016
#71
Yes.....he did jump bail. That's why bail was forfeited by those who put it up in the UK. nt
msanthrope
Jun 2016
#86
Bail was never set in Sweden. But, he gets to go to jail in the UK for jumping bail, a crime
msanthrope
Jun 2016
#92