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Warrant for Wikileaks Founder Upheld in Sweden

posted by azrael on Thursday July 17 2014, @05:17PM   Printer-friendly
from the status-quo dept.

cafebabe writes:

The BBC News and RT reports that:

A Swedish court has upheld an arrest warrant for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who found shelter in Ecuador's embassy in London two years ago.

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.

 
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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by dublet on Thursday July 17 2014, @05:52PM

    by dublet (2994) on Thursday July 17 2014, @05:52PM (#70367)

    IIRC he's wanted in the UK for resisting arrest as he didn't show up at the police station when he was supposed to. This is an entirely seperate matter from whether he's complying with the extradition order or not. Even if that was lifted, he can still be arrested for resisting arrest and subsequently extradited from the UK.

    Of course, INAL.

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