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>he's been under house arrest for over 500 days without charges I feel this is somewhat disingenuous. He's been under house arrest pending extradition hearings
by commandar 14y ago
>he's been under house arrest for over 500 days without charges
I feel this is somewhat disingenuous. He's been under house arrest pending extradition hearings because the UK received an arrest warrant for him from Sweden.
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And while it's technically true that charges haven't been formally filed yet, it's my understanding that this is due to a peculiarity in Swedish law where they have to have a person physically present to bring charges. Hence the arrest warrant.
- treeface 14y agoThank you for clarifying that.
- sneak 14y agoThat's not accurate. They have said they want to interview him before charging him, and they've refused to do the interview in the UK or remotely, instead insisting that he be on Swedish soil. The whole thing's a fucking scam so that the US can snag him without a fuss and then disappear him into their network of black sites.
- commandar 14y ago>They have said they want to interview him before charging him, and they've refused to do the interview in the UK or remotely, instead insisting that he be on Swedish soil. He's already fled the country once ahead of questioning. It isn't unreasonable to want to have him physically present if the questioning is going to result in an arrest. Hence the warrant.
- halterophie 14y agoHe was given explicit permission from the prosecutor to leave. He was travelling regularly on that time and went to a scheduled event for the release of documents.