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The problem is that he cannot clear himself from rape allegations without risking being extradited to US. Neither Sweden nor UK can't guarantee that he isn't ex
by lmilcin 11y ago
The problem is that he cannot clear himself from rape allegations without risking being extradited to US. Neither Sweden nor UK can't guarantee that he isn't extradited. There is in fact good probability that he will be.
Can you expect somebody to hand himself voluntarily to US "judicial" system when it is known that he has bleak chances of having proper case in US court, that US routinely ignores human rights in such cases?
- rmc 11y ago> Neither Sweden nor UK can't guarantee that he isn't extradited. Can the US President give a guarantee that the Supreme Court will decide a case in a certain manner? Can the UK Prime Minister guarantee that a court case in the UK will end a certain way? Because that's what that means. Sweden is a country with laws, and an independent judiciary. Sweden has extradition treaty with the US (as do many countries). If the USA follows a procedure, then the Swedish courts must hand someone over (and vice versa). That's what the (Swedish) law says. You're asking the Swedish government to guarantee that the Swedish courts won't decide a particular case in a particular manner.
- jellicle 11y agoThis is entirely false, as extradition is a political process, not a judicial one. In the U.S., the Department of State decides whether someone will be extradited. In Sweden, it's the Government (effectively, the prime minister for a case like Assange's).