tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141878910793686547.post111791337127525465..comments2024-03-27T17:16:47.951+01:00Comments on UNDER MATTAN: Assange: E-post och SMS från åklagarna Ingrid Isgren & Marianne Ny under 2014 Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141878910793686547.post-70257499615981109752014-07-16T18:18:16.102+02:002014-07-16T18:18:16.102+02:00Assange arrest warrant upheld by Swedish court
Pu...Assange arrest warrant upheld by Swedish court<br /><br />Published time: July 16, 2014 16:11<br /><br />A Swedish court has voted to uphold an arrest warrant against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.<br /><br />The Stockholm District Court moved to uphold the warrant on Wednesday following a legal challenge from Assange’s lawyers in June. The challenge was spurred by a change to Swedish criminal proceedings regarding the right to information in criminal procedures which brings the country in line with an EU directive.<br /><br />Assange’s defense team had argued the European arrest warrant should be lifted on grounds that the prosecution had failed to act in a timely manner by not interviewing their client at the embassy. The further said that detaining a suspect for the duration of the investigation was an excessive use of force that was not in the public interest.<br /><br />Saying the evidence provided by the plaintiffs was insufficient to back up the allegations, they further charged Assange was being threatened by the United States.<br /><br />“Assange was granted political asylum by Ecuador on August 16, 2012. There has been a clear and present danger in the form of threats from the United States, ranging from extradition to plain assassination and execution,” Falkvinge.net cites the defense as saying during the proceedings.<br /><br />“Assange has a full legal right to maintain his political asylum, and therefore, the detention serves no further purpose,” they added. “This has now dragged on for three years and six months. In this time, in all this time, Assange has been restrained in various ways, everything from jail to something resembling a permanent house arrest.”[...]<br /><br />http://rt.com/news/173240-assange-arrest-warrant-upheld/Under Mattan Blogghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09082653955713688872noreply@blogger.com