What MPs Know About Assange (Australia)
Australian MPs were briefed in March 2011 on Julian Assange’s legal case at Parliament House in Canberra, where they learned of compromising links between one of the complainants, the prosecution attorney, and a Swedish policewoman intimately involved in the case.
The briefing also canvassed serious shortcomings in the procedures followed by the Swedish policewoman that could undermine attempts to charge Assange, and reckless disregard for Assange’s rights by officials who fed information to Sweden’s media
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And Peter Kemp, a solicitor of the Supreme Court of NSW, told the March 2011 meeting that, "Sweden has a record of allowing rendition of people to Egypt at the instigation of US authorities which does not bode well if an extradition application [for Assange] was made by the USA."
WikiLeaks’ Global Intelligence Files has since disclosed, in an email dated 26 January 2011, that a sealed indictment for Assange has been issued by a secret grand jury in Alexandria, Virginia. His defence team await the issuance of an extradition order.
http://newmatilda.com/2012/03/15/what-mps-know-about-assange
The comments of readers so far show that Australians have little faith in the justice system in the U.K. and Sweden, and none in the Australian government, who have so far blindly followed the U.S. lead in their attitude to Assange.
We're not very much different from the old Soviet Union or China when it comes to human rights - the only difference is that we have the right to protest, but it does very little good. The Assange case is deeply disturbing on many levels, and we should all be afraid.
