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In reply to the discussion: Defending Assange against sexual assault allegations [View all]joshcryer
(62,269 posts)Regarding paragraph 3, you say he can't be interviewed by teleconference. I think that is a procedural thing and not legislated and I think that could happen. However, once the charges are filed after said interview, following procedure, I personally believe Ecuador would have the right to, by treaty, call jurisdiction (OK maybe they make Assange a citizen).
Think about it this way. The USA reserves the right to try its citizens who commit crimes abroad, whatever the crime may be, so we'll bring the citizen back, try them here, and they serve time here for crimes they commit abroad if found guilty.
So my angle is simply that Sweden is taking this procedural position because they want to reserve the right to charge the attacker on their soil, in their custody, so no bullshit procedural crap gets pulled, no trickery. I think if I'm understanding it right this is a very wise way to go about it.
I can't find Ecuador-Sweden extradition treaties so I don't know what rights either have given or reserved for one another so I don't know if my line of thinking is correct and I trust your opinion the most on the matter.