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That trial would be political and biased. Same as what was done to Manning.
by rv-de 8y ago
That trial would be political and biased. Same as what was done to Manning.
- ben_w 8y agoThe Swedish civilian trial would be held under the terms of an American court-martial?
- rv-de 8y agoThose allegations are obvious fabrications serving the purpose of eventually extraditing him to the US.
- ben_w 8y agoIf it was an “obvious fabrication” he ought to have been able to demonstrate that in court. Either the UK one or the Swedish one he ran away from. Quote: “””as a matter of fact, and looking at all the circumstances in the round, this person (Mr Assange) passes the threshold of being an accused person and is wanted for prosecution”””
- yayana 8y agoIt would be overriden by an extradition to the US.
- ben_w 8y agoWhy do you think extradition from Sweden to the USA was more likely than extradition from the UK to the USA?
- yayana 8y agoHe allegedly broke pretty specific Swedish sex law which probably doesn't have an equivalent in the UK.. In normal extradition treaties, being in the UK was safe from being in anyone's custody which is the ideal for no possibility of the US starting an extradition. No one can know the specifics of the US' soft power and assets except the US, and even then only in some abstract collective sense.
- ben_w 8y ago> He allegedly broke pretty specific Swedish sex law which probably doesn't have an equivalent in the UK.. It does. IIRC this was specifically referenced by one of the judges. Even if not explicitly mentioned, by my reading the accusations included the following offences from the 2003 Sexual Offences Act: * Rape * Assault by penetration * Sexual assault With at least one reference to section 75/2/d “Evidential presumptions about consent” Now I’m not a lawyer, but actual lawyers did in fact argue this case and I’m going with what they said.
- yayana 8y agoUnless you think Assange is an international legal expert I don't really get your point.. His behavior seemed rational for a man who kicked a bee hive unless you don't believe in bees.
- ben_w 8y agoMy point is that your claim was false. There is nothing obscure about the law, the (alleged) acts were also offences in the UK. Further to your new points, he had legal representation from human multiple rights specialists including from a lawyer with the title of Queen’s Council. Skipping bail also cost his supporters £93,500. He was demonstrably not short of favours. No, I don’t see his behaviour as “rational”. Rather I see it as arrogant, a person who thinks he knows more than he does, the kind of person who ends up the subject of a notalwaysright.com post. (Unlike Manning and Snowden, about whom I am rather positive.)
- tomjen3 8y agoHe would never get to set foot in Sweden. Remember he offered to conduct the interview over the phone, and the Swedes said no. Why would they do that? Only thing that makes sense to me is if they wanted to get him to Sweden physically, so he could be sent to the US.
- ben_w 8y agoBecause that’s how their laws work (I think? Only 70% sure) and it’s unreasonable for an accused person to ask for random special treatment and expect to get it.