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Oh come on. The fact that he has done some good doesn't mean that he is above the law.

• garmaine 7y ago
  What law, exactly?
  • Stuckinsofa 7y ago
    I will refer you to reading TFA. Also: rape.
    • bluehatbrit 7y ago
      The rape charges were dropped and incredibly suspicious as well.
      • Stuckinsofa 7y ago
        Because he ran away.
    • rndgermandude 7y ago
      I honestly don't like that what is alleged he did is referred to as rape as that implies violence to me. He is alleged to have had consensual sex with somebody, but without her knowledge removed the condom, which she only noticed later. While this is a consent issue and should be criminal, it's not the same as what I would think of when I hear "rape". Also, the charges, had been dropped and he was free to leave Sweden, then the case was reopened for no apparent legal reason, and eventually the charges have been dropped again. So, to claim he is wanted for "rape" is just false. He isn't wanted for any crime except skipping bail and possibly contempt of court. Now he is UK custody, there is speculation that the US will bring charges and a warrant for his arrest regarding espionage and whatever else they can muster, as was kind of confirmed when the one DA accidentally leaked the secret grand jury investigation against Assange in an unrelated filing.
      • rndgermandude 7y ago
        Well, this comment did not age well...
      • ceejayoz 7y ago
        There's no requirement for a rape to be violent. Sex with a toddler is rape. Sex with a passed-out person you run across is rape. Sex with a blindfolded person who's into bondage but expecting someone else is rape. If someone says they're only willing to have sex with a condom, and you secretly remove that condom, you're having non-consensual sex, i.e. rape.
  • Ntrails 7y ago
    Failing to surrender to court (ie breaching terms of bail). This is to avoid facing the allegations in Sweden. Feigning ignorance of the obvious doesn't help anyone
  • Crosseye_Jack 7y ago
    failing to surrender to the court. Bit like how in the US resisting arrest is a crime itself even if there was no legal grounds for the attempted arrest.
• teknopaul 7y ago
  "Seeking asylum" is not tbe same as "above the law" as the BBC would have you think. Lets see if he ends up in the states.
  • lucozade 7y ago
    He hasn't been arrested for seeking asylum. He's been arrested for jumping bail. He was on bail facing extradition for rape and sexual molestation charges. He sought asylum the moment he knew he would have to face those charges. So you're correct. Seeking asylum isn't the same as being above the law. It's the same as avoiding being subject to the law. I can't say I see the distinction as being especially material.
    • patrickaljord 7y ago
      > He was on bail facing extradition for rape and sexual molestation charges Just to be precise the actual charge is that he was accused of having sex without a condom without telling his partner.
      • lucozade 7y ago
        From Wikipedia. > On 18 November 2010, Marianne Ny ordered the detention of Julian Assange on suspicion of rape, three cases of sexual molestation and unlawful coercion. Are you saying that that's not true? I don't speak Swedish so I can't go back to the actual documentation to check myself.
        • patrickaljord 7y ago
          This is correct, it's just that Swedish law considers "having sex without a condom without telling his partner" as rape.
      • Stuckinsofa 7y ago
        So rape.
  • Stuckinsofa 7y ago