Expert om Assangefallet: Skamligt av Sverige att åter bryta mot mänskliga rättigheter

The people of Sweden should not allow their government to continue to disgrace itself in another international governmental crime - this one a pernicious attack on freedom of expression - simply because Washington wants them to do so. /
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AlJazeera 2013-04-04: "Even in the past, Sweden had "collaborated with its Washington allies" to violate human rights and international law."

[...]The Swedish government also refused to negotiate with Ecuador for an extradition under which Assange would go to Sweden but not be subject to extradition to the US. 

This would be very easy for Sweden (or the UK, for that matter) to arrange. Once again, the Swedish government offered no reason for its refusal to consider this obvious solution to the diplomatic impasse.

Contrary to much press commentary, there is no need for conspiracy theories here to draw the logical conclusion. If the Swedish government really wanted to pursue the investigation of sexual offence allegations against Assange, they could do so.

But instead, they are deliberately abandoning the criminal investigation - which is getting older and more difficult to pursue - for other reasons.[...]

Mark Weisbrot is co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, Washington, DC. He is also President of Just Foreign Policy.
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* AlJazeera 2013-04-04: Supreme Court chief calls sex charges against Julian Assange "a mess" and praises him for leaking secret US documents. * Lindskog was critical of the Swedish criminal investigation, and suggested that Sweden's extradition treaty with the United States would not apply to Assange. "I think it is a mess,'' said Lindskog, referring to the Swedish criminal investigation. "Basically, I think there are some misunderstandings, especially when it comes to the issue of extradition.'' "Extradition shall not be granted when alleged crimes [are] military or political in nature,'' Lindskog said. * http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2013/04/201344101924549129.html Expert om Assangefallet: Skamligt av Sverige att åter bryta mot mänskliga rättigheter   Läs också: HD:s Stefan Lindskog citerade sekretessbelagt polismaterial vid föreläsning