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(3,317 posts)Assange does not surrender due to his fear of being extradited to the US. I guess that's news to you?
Assange was under no obligation to stay in Sweden when he left. There was no arrest order issued, he was under no travel restrictions. He was not only informed of this, it is and remains an undisputed straight and simple fact.
He was only arrested "in his absence" when he informed the prosecutor two months later, after a lot of things had happened, like, public calls for his extralegal execution or prosecution in the US for conspiracy to espionage etc., that he was not willing to go to Sweden again. Some things strangely coincided then, the "arrest in absentia" was issued on the same day or one day before the embassy cables were released, funny coincidence of news items connected with his name ...
If the Swedes would really be interested to get these condom allegations resolved, they would agree to the arrangement with Ecuador. Assange would not be a flight risk, he would be confined to the Embassy, of course. As soon as he would leave it, he'd be subject to arrest, on a flip of the prosecutor's finger.
BTW, what you probably still haven't realized after all this time, the current "arrest in absentia" or any other arrest order by the prosecution does indeed fade away, within three days. Only if an independent judge determines probable cause and flight risk, Assange will be detained for a longer period of time in Sweden. Something that hasn't happened yet in this case. We don't know if it is going to happen if Assange were to surrender. He hasn't even been interviewed yet on the main condom allegation.