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In reply to the discussion: Top EU official tells Julian Assange: 'Just go to Sweden and answer the questions' [View all]struggle4progress
(118,224 posts)European Arrest Warrant: this is because the Swedes plan to prosecute Assange for rape and other sexual misconduct
The UK courts have determined that the Swedish extradition request is a request to deliver Assange to the Swedish authorities so that he can be prosecuted
Geography matters, because Swedish prosecutions are conducted in Sweden, where the Swedish justice system provides useful amenities, such as Swedish courtrooms and Swedish prosecutors and Swedish defense attorneys and Swedish judges and other Swedish auxiliaries, to which the Swedish justice system has become accustomed
If you think Swedish criminal prosecutions ought properly be conducted elsewhere, perhaps in some Latin American embassy in London, or atop the High Himalaya, or amidst the glorious rings of Saturn, you should of course feel free to lobby at Helgeandsholmen for such changes