-"whereas the Swedes give a shit about peoples rights..." You must be thinking about the days when we had guys like Olof Palme (who incidentally got shot). No

-"whereas the Swedes give a shit about peoples rights..." You must be thinking about the days when we had guys like Olof Palme (who incidentally got shot). Nowadays we are being run by a right-wing coalition dominated by 'Moderaterna', which is the only political party in Sweden refusing to declare from where they get their campaign money. Just recently they also tried to take credit for being part of the movement for equal vote and against apartheid, when in reality they were against womens right to vote and also was the only party who did not want sanctions against apartheid, hilarious. Not that our government being right-wing has anything to do with Assange, no matter what government we'd have sitting today (left,right) they would bend to US pressure just as quickly.