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Showing Original Post only (View all)Julian Assange är inget offer (Julian Assange is not a victim) [View all]
Ecuador meddelade i torsdags att landet beviljar Wikileaksgrundaren Julian Assange politisk asyl. Beslutet berör överhuvudtaget inte skuldfrågan i det svenska ärendet, där han är skäligen misstänkt för våldtäkt, två fall av sexuellt ofredande samt ett fall av olaga tvång involverande två olika kvinnor.... Överlag har argumenten kring hela Assange-affären gradvis förskjutits och varierat beroende på om de förts av Assanges svenska eller internationella tillskyndare ... Tre olika spår kan skönjas. Det första, där en CIA-komplott arrangerat hela händelseförloppet med förförande kvinnor och falska anklagelser med syfte att misskreditera Assange, och få honom utlämnad till USA. Det andra har ifrågasatt det svenska rättssystemet. Åklagaren har anklagats för att inte dela med sig av bevis, att procedurer har åsidosatts och att Assange inte har blivit delgiven på ett korrekt vis.
Det tredje argumentet är det mest, så att säga, intressanta. Utomlands anklagas Sverige för att vara ett feminismens Saudiarabien, där de svenska lagarna kring våldtäkt och sexualbrott sägs vara påverkade av en radikal feminism. Denna åsikt framförs sällan i Sverige. I samtliga dessa fall är Assange offret, och de anmälande kvinnorna avfärdas.
http://ekuriren.se/ledareasikter/ledare/1.1525031-julian-assange-ar-inget-offer
Ecuador announced on Thursday that the country is granting Julian Assange political asylum. That decision doesn't affect the Swedish case, in which he is reasonably suspected of rape, two counts of sexual molestation, and one case of unlawful coercion involving two different women ...
... Overall, arguments about the Assange affair have shifted and varied, depending on whether they are made by Assange's Swedish or international promoters ... Three different tracks can be seen. In the first, a CIA conspiracy organized the whole event with seductive women and false allegations aimed at discrediting Assange and his extradition to the US. The others question the Swedish legal system. The prosecutor is accused of failing to share evidence that procedures have been violated and that Assange has not been informed in a proper manner.
The third argument is the most interesting, so to speak. Sweden is accused abroad of being a "Saudi Arabia of feminism," where the Swedish laws on rape and sexual offenses are said to be influenced by radical feminism. This view is expressed rarely in Sweden. In all these versions, Assange is a victim, and the women are dismissed. None of it has passed muster. The British ruling is clear and should be followed. Julian Assange should be extradited to Sweden to be interrogated so that either the allegations can be dismissed or Assange prosecuted.
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Julian Assange är inget offer (Julian Assange is not a victim) [View all]
struggle4progress
Aug 2012
OP
I don't think there is any lack of importance in protecting women from rape and other sexual assault
treestar
Aug 2012
#27
Do we know of other instances in which Britain extradited an Australian to a third
JDPriestly
Aug 2012
#64
The official record of the extradition hearing isn't good enough for you?
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2012
#31
No, they didn't testify in court, but European Arrest Warrants don't work like that
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2012
#69
I do not know how you would know the actual facts in this case. Perhaps you have ESP?
struggle4progress
Aug 2012
#68
I have no opinion about the merits of the Swedish allegation, and as I have already told you
struggle4progress
Aug 2012
#73
Alhem testified in the UK courts that there was no way Sweden would extradite Assange to the US
struggle4progress
Aug 2012
#38
Sweden doesn't owe Ecuador any response at all: Sweden took out a warrant on the man
struggle4progress
Aug 2012
#55
As in: "We have a valid warrant against him, which we successfully defended in open court
struggle4progress
Aug 2012
#61
This is an opinion piece. So I'm guessing you also support the OP/Eds in favor of Ryan's plan? Mitt?
riderinthestorm
Aug 2012
#34
I think asking "don't you want to know what Sweden thinks" is silly or specious or at best
djean111
Aug 2012
#54
Perhaps you want to know what the Wikileaks coordinator in Stockholm said?
struggle4progress
Aug 2012
#56
Do feel free to share a link to actual Australia cables that show that Australia
struggle4progress
Aug 2012
#59
Here you merely provide Rawstory's summary of the Herald's summary of the cables:
struggle4progress
Aug 2012
#62
What I want right now is for you to exhibit the cables, that (you claim) show Australia is convinced
struggle4progress
Aug 2012
#71