Sweden's highest court has thrown out Julian Assange's appeal against his arrest warrant where he is wanted for questioning. Prosecutor Marianne Ny changed her mind earlier about questioning Assange in London. Assange has repeatedly requested that the questioning take place over the phone or in London as per common practice, to avoid traveling to Sweden where he fears he risks extradition to the US. Sweden has also repeatedly refused to give assurances regarding possible extradition.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by Jeremiah Cornelius on Tuesday May 12 2015, @01:37PM
Are the only alleged witnesses - both press no charge, and believe that they were lead, to varying degrees, by the Prosecutor, Ny.
Sweden refuses to follow customary procedure when there is prosecutorial interest, without charges, witnesses or case - and that procedure is to send an interviewer at prosecution expense to the interview - not demand custody.
Instead, the Tory government and shadowy Whitehall managers are spending tens or hundreds of millions of pounds, to surround the Ecuadorian embassy in London - would have gone a long way to further the NHS instead.
So? This indicates a "secret prosecution" the same way that the displacement of galaxies indicates "dark matter". Sweden is on point to hook Assange into the Star Chamber. If it happens? You can without irony assure yourselves that US, UK and Sweden are functional police states, where you may live unimpeded only at the pleasure of the state's current disposition.
You're betting on the pantomime horse...
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 12 2015, @01:56PM
When has this not been the case? UK has always been a police state e.g. Official Secrets Act, 1911, you can be arrested for being with 800 (IIRC) m of a government building.
(Score: 5, Interesting) by Phoenix666 on Tuesday May 12 2015, @03:42PM
That's an excellent summary, and I think you're right. Any pretense that the US, UK, or Sweden aren't police states (at least, in the case of the first two) has been stripped away. Does there come a moment when the populaces, who were under the illusion that they lived in democracies, say, "Holy crap!" and *do* something about it?
I wonder...
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 2) by zugedneb on Tuesday May 12 2015, @08:59PM
Generally, the populace like to be safe, and not bite the hand that guards them.
More specifically, in Sweden, I doubt that the populace actually understands the "importance" of what Assange "did"... They might even think he is a thief who took government property.
I would say, many do not care, even if they know who Assange is, since most of he's revelations does not really concern Scandinavia...
As I said before in some time ago, since this case concerns "women", the general Swedish populace (at least who knows about it) is not going to question loudly why this Ny woman does not handle the case in the most simple and efficient manner. Every male, at least, knows that the this is not the time to meddle with things connected to rape :D
This is the sorry state of things in Sweden, at least. (yes, i live there)
old saying: "a troll is a window into the soul of humanity" + also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Ajax