Assange moves to reopen extradition appeal
Published: 12 Jun 12 15:17 CET | Print version
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WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange has asked Britain's Supreme Court to re-open his appeal against extradition to Sweden, a court spokesman said on Tuesday.
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The highly unusual move comes after the court last month rejected Assange's last-ditch appeal against extradition to Sweden, where he is wanted for questioning about allegations of rape and sexual assault.
The court, Britain's highest, handed down its decision in the 18-month legal marathon after rejecting Assange's argument that the Swedish prosecutor who issued the arrest warrant for him was not entitled to do so.
But in a surprise move, Assange's lawyer Dinah Rose asked for 14 days to consider whether to apply to re-open the case, on the grounds that the judgment referred to material not mentioned during the appeal hearing in February.
The Supreme Court judges can reject Assange's challenge, ask for written submissions or hold a new hearing.
The court spokesman said he could not give a timescale for any decision.
Assange, an Australian former computer hacker, has been fighting deportation since his arrest in London in December 2010 on a European arrest warrant issued by Sweden.
The Supreme Court is his final avenue of appeal under British law, after two lower courts ruled he should be sent to Sweden for questioning.
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Rendition - you think it is easier to move someone from Sweden to the USA? There have been dozens, if not hundreds of rendition flights through the UK in the past decade, if the USA wanted him he would already be there.
Farce, you right there, if it was any of us facing these offences we wouldn't be poncing around the UK with a legal team would we??
Unless the US Ambassador is a 'Goddamn liar', the likely scenario is: Assange (eventually) arrives in Sweden, is questioned and released, or, is charged - in which case I reckon a number of hot shot Swedish lawyers would like to defend him.
And yes, skogsbo, you're right: any 'ordinary Joe' would never have been able to string out the legal process for so long
Hmmm . . . reminds me about the many movies about how corrupt CIA and FBI is! Assange did SOMETHING GOOD! He exposed the TRUTH that was covered up!
So what if he is getting shipped off to Sweden to be accused for using a broken condom? Will that lead him to be sent to the USA and convicted as a terrorist? Corruption runs deep and high up in power of governments.
Who is trying to hide what?
By the way - what happened to private Manning who showed the world how innocent people were killed from an helicopter?
They have Manning to use as an example to potential leakers of secret information. He will spend the rest of his life doing hard labor at Leavenworth Prison. He should beg for the death penalty.
Assange stopped giving a crap about him after he got the information he wanted. Manning rots away in a military correctional facility while Assange drums up support from his friends for the smear campaign he's running.