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My understanding is that, under Swedish law, Assange has what amounts to an arrest warrant. That they don't call it that and insist on merely claiming he's "wan
by aspensmonster 13y ago
My understanding is that, under Swedish law, Assange has what amounts to an arrest warrant. That they don't call it that and insist on merely claiming he's "wanted for questioning" is, as far as I can tell, semantics. He'd be brought in for questioning and subsequently arrested pending a trial. I'm not a lawyer though, much less in Swedish law.
I think Assange should go to Sweden to face questioning and his likely arrest. I think he's denying himself and the other parties involved justice on the matter, something Assange claims to hold in high regard. However, I also don't think he'd ever make it to Sweden to begin with, even if he did decide to leave the embassy. And, even if he did make it to Sweden, the U.S. State Department has made it clear that they will hunt him to the edge of the Earth for what he's done and enabled others to do.
- gsnedders 13y agoHe'd be arrested in the UK as soon as he stepped outside of the embassy for breach of the terms of bail (and that is a criminal offence and there is absolutely no question he has committed it), even if everything else was dropped.
- sentenza 13y agoThere are a bunch of policemen stationed permanently at the street corner, day and night. The daily cost for this is 11000 Pounds, total cost so far is more than 6 Mil[1](video is in German). Is that usually done in the UK? I don't know what this is, but it sure isn't subtle. [1] http://www.tagesschau.de/videoblog/london_calling/londoncalling-assange100.html http://www.tagesschau.de/videoblog/london_calling/londoncall...