WikiLeaks boss Julian Assange could spend a year in Britain fighting extradition

[iandhr]

Source: Daily Mail

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange could spend at least a year in Britain battling against extradition.
The 39-year-old Australian remains behind bars tonight after Swedish prosecutors demanded he be handed over for allegedly sexually assaulting two women.
His legal team, led by leading human rights lawyer Geoffrey Robertson and backed by celebrity supporters, will make another application for bail when he appears in court next Tuesday.
But the fight may last many months in the British courts and eventually end up before the European Court of Human Rights.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1336882/WikiLeaks-Julian-Assange-spend-year-Britain-fighting-extradition.html

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For the European Court of Human Rights to take the case Assange must first exhaust his remedies in the British legal system before the case can go to the Strasbourg court.

[iandhr]

1. information on the court

http://www.echr.coe.int/echr/

website is in English and French

[Creative]

2. Wow...and I thought the wheels of justice turned slowly in the US.

[Lint Head]

3. In the mean time the 256 code will be released.

Just a matter of time.

[Matilda]

4. I'm glad he's got Geoffrey Robertson on board.

He has a formidable history with civil rights cases.

But according to The Age (Melbourne), discussions have already taken place between the U.S. and Sweden regarding handing him over to American custody. And that's exactly what this phony trial is all about.

"Senior legal sources in London said the 'big fear that if he is extradited they will send him to America and he will disappear'."

http://www.theage.com.au/national/assange-legal-team-prepares-fresh-bail-bid-as-washington-waits-20101208-18ps6.html

[defendandprotect]

9. Agree ... he'll be labelled a "terrorist" and they'll be torture to prove it...!!!

[Swagman]

5. yet the Chilean murderer Pinochet lived in luxury and still didn't get

deported to Spain to face justice for his vile murderous crimes.

Something is wrong...murderers go scot free with the assistance of our governments whilst journalists and activists have the book thrown at them.

British justice..you are also on trial.

[defendandprotect]

8. Like Bush, Cheney, Kissinger, Rumsfeld .... on and on ... Yoo, Gonzales ....

[Nihil]

15. There are also really worrying precedents ...

e.g., the Nat West employees who were extradited from the UK to the US as requested.
e.g., the past "hackers" who were extradited from the UK to the US as requested.

(but note that very few - if any - have been extradited *from* the US *to* the UK)

It ALL depends on who has the biggest friends ...

[Demeter]

6. Justice Delayed is Justice Denied

And the point of the delay is to deny it.

[defendandprotect]

7. Without communication and in ISOLATION ... ???? We need to try to help...somehow..???

[defendandprotect]

10. Any ideas on how we might all help FREE JULIAN .... ????

[John Q. Citizen]

11. I will send him some money when I can

[flamingdem]

12. It's good he got laid a lot by Swedes before this :) nt

[ProudDad]

13. From what I hear the British Judge is leaning toward granting bail

at the next hearing...

[glinda]

14. I think this would be excellent. Don't think Assange a flight risk as his life is in danger.

If anything, he needs someone to pay for security. Reliable security.