The WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, has lost his high court appeal against extradition to Sweden to face rape allegations.
Lord Justice Thomas and Mr Justice Ouseley handed down their judgment in the 40-year-old Australian's appeal against a European arrest warrant issued by Swedish prosecutors after rape and sexual assault accusations made by two Swedish women following his visit to Stockholm in August 2010.
The decision means Assange could be removed to Sweden within 10 days, though it is more likely that the earliest time he would find himself on Swedish soil would be around 26 November.
Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 33 minutes later[^][v]#245,852
How do cases like this work? He said she said...
Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 1 hour later, 1 hour after the original post[^][v]#245,854
> Assange's lawyers have suggested that Sweden would hand him over to the United States if Britain extradites him. The prosecutor representing Sweden has dismissed that claim.
I suppose we'll see if this holds true. I have a sneaking suspicion that it won't.
sluggy joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 1 minute later, 1 hour after the original post[^][v]#245,855
@previous (C)
If it happens, the US government must be treated as a rogue entity. There is no case against assange. He did nothing illegal. The us government should be nuked.
Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 6 hours later, 7 hours after the original post[^][v]#245,937
The WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, has lost his high court appeal against extradition to Sweden to face rape allegations. > > Lord Justice Thomas and Mr Justice Ouseley handed down their judgment in the 40-year-old Australian's appeal against a European arrest warrant issued by Swedish prosecutors after rape and sexual assault accusations made by two Swedish women following his visit to Stockholm in August 2010. > > The decision means Assange could be removed to Sweden within 10 days, though it is more likely that the earliest time he would find himself on Swedish soil would be around 26 November.
His skin will rot underneath the Swedish soil in a short while as well
Anonymous I joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 27 minutes later, 10 hours after the original post[^][v]#246,000
@245,937 (E)
Derp. That's not what he's saying, he's saying he did nothing illegal that would call for the US to seek extradition. He broke no US laws.
Anonymous I double-posted this 15 years ago, 3 minutes later, 10 hours after the original post[^][v]#246,006
@245,963 (Ks !KansasxqvM) > The condom Julian was using broke, in Swedish law that = rape. Pretty fucked up law.
Not exactly. He's wanted for questioning over sexual misconduct allegations, not rape. The woman who is accusing him says the condom broke and he refused to stop, AFAIK.
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Anonymous J joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 1 minute later, 10 hours after the original post[^][v]#246,008
I just don't understand what's going to happen. They're going through all this massive effort to get Assange to a court in Sweden so that a girl can say he raped her and he can say he didn't. Then what? The judge flips a coin? What case is there? It's just two unsubstantiated, mutually exclusive claims.