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UK court grants Assange extradition appeal
Published: 16 Dec 11 14:44 CET | Print version
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/37982/20111216/
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been granted permission to appeal against extradition from Britain to Sweden over rape allegations and a hearing will start on February 1, a court said Friday.
- Assange appeal ruling expected by Christmas (8 Dec 11)
- Assange cleared to continue extradition fight (5 Dec 11)
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The decision means Assange will spend a second Christmas at the country mansion of a wealthy supporter in Norfolk, eastern England.
He was arrested last December on a European arrest warrant issued by Sweden after allegations by two women of sexual assault and rape.
The 40-year-old Australian strongly denies any wrongdoing and says the sex with the women was consensual.
He believes the allegations are politically motivated and linked to WikiLeaks' release of hundreds of thousands of classified US files about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The Supreme Court decision comes as Bradley Manning, the US soldier accused of passing the files to WikiLeaks, is due to make his first appearance in a US court on Friday.
The hearing will determine whether the former intelligence analyst, who turns 24 on Saturday, should be tried on charges which could see him sentenced to life imprisonment.
Manning is accused of downloading 260,000 US diplomatic cables, videos of US air strikes and US military reports from Afghanistan and Iraq between November 2009 and May 2010 while serving in Iraq, and transferring them to WikiLeaks.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, speaking on the eve of Manning's hearing, said it was a "very unfortunate and damaging action... that put at risk individuals and relationships."
Manning's supporters say his health has sharply deteriorated while in custody.
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And your proof for this?
That's a great talking point, but where's the substance?
Wouldn't it be much simpler to extradite him from Britain, and forgo all the extra paperwork and travel to Sweden?
According to many conspiracists, they "flog" the British judicial system, as well.
Yet how many people are aware of even official reports of financial fraud by members of the US military in Iraq????
http://www.sigir.mil/publications/quarterlyreports/July2010.html
And a quick perusal:
http://www.sigir.mil/files/quarterlyreports/July2010/App_F_-_July_2010.pdf#view=fit
I quote: 'That's a great talking point, but where's the substance?'
But he was, and is, wrong. This is Sweden, not the UK. And now he should be held to answer for his mistakes. In Sweden and no where else.
city-walker seems to be a little confused as well.
One precedent, where Swedish government admitted it was wrong?
Where is the proof that U.S. is "flogging the Swedish judicial system"? Who is confused here?
One case is all it takes to establish a criminal record (kidnapping, rendition and torture are indeed terrible crimes). After that, you are a criminal, and as such, you can not complain if people never trust you again.
I merely wanted more examples of Sweden 'illegally handing people' to the USA.
One precedent, where Swedish government admitted it was wrong?
Where is the proof that U.S. is "flogging the Swedish judicial system"? Who is confused here?"
My apologies, i misinterpreted, and i retract.
pcterry works for the cia "
rubadoc found me out.
Well done.