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http://www.sweden.gov.se/content/1/c6/01/54/35/77809ec6.pdf http://www.sweden.gov.se/content/1/c6/01/54/35/77809ec6.pdf This is the text if the actual Swedish
by Tyrannosaurs 14y ago
http://www.sweden.gov.se/content/1/c6/01/54/35/77809ec6.pdf http://www.sweden.gov.se/content/1/c6/01/54/35/77809ec6.pdf
This is the text if the actual Swedish extradition law from the government web site. It clearly states on Page 3, section 12, point 3 that someone can not be extradited if they are to face the death penalty. The Swedes would have to get assurances from the US that this wasn't the case to extradite him.
- KimbaLion 14y agoBut renditioning for torture: http://www.hrw.org/news/2006/11/09/sweden-violated-torture-ban-cia-rendition http://www.hrw.org/news/2006/11/09/sweden-violated-torture-b... And life imprisonment in somewhere like GITMO (a la Bradley Manning) is just fine I suppose! Oh yes, I'm sure if you were Assange you'd feel SO much better now! Wake the fuck up! Law as written bears NO resemblance to what happens in practice (when it doesn't suit the Powers That Be), and that is just a very small part of what Assange is fighting against. Goddamn it gets tiring having to persuade/enlighten people who don't even realise Assange and Wikileaks are highting THEIR BATTLE for them! Show some bloody gratitude and at least educate yourself about the realities of this sordid world we live in. I think its the LEAST you can do to say thanks to people who ARE actually putting their life on the line for these principles.
- johansch 14y agoKudos for finding the actual law text (where I as a native Swedish speaker gave up after 15 minutes of reading legalese).