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Sweden? The country that's trying to extradite Assange?

• anigbrowl 13y ago
  For rape, not espionage.
  • corford 13y ago
    Alleged rape.
    • anigbrowl 13y ago
      Rape is the offense that they wish to charge him with. I'm not pronouncing on his guilt or innocence, just on what it is that they're attempting to extradite him for.
      • corford 13y ago
        Fair enough. Apologies for jumping to conclusions :)
  • kragen 13y ago
    Does Sweden frequently issue international arrest warrants for rape suspects?
    • notahacker 13y ago
      Yes. What sort of weird country doesn't issue international arrest warrants for rape subjects just because they're a political figure?
      • mbillie1 13y ago
        I mean this in no trolling or sarcastic sense, but - I've never heard of an international arrest warrant for rape before Assange... maybe there hasn't been anything significantly publicized?
      • kragen 13y ago
        Do you have any cases in mind? I think it would be awesome if the world worked the way you say, but I don't think it does.
  • jessaustin 13y ago
    Even if he's as pure as the driven snow, I don't think Snowden can assume no one will ever trump up a rape charge against him.
  • grandalf 13y ago
    which in the case of Swedish law can describe consensual sex.
• contingencies 13y ago
  More importantly, they illegally nabbed anakata from Cambodia, bundled him on a plane, and threw him in solitary for >2 months, which is torture under UN definition. And he's a Swedish citizen.