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According to his Swedish defence lawyer Per E Samuelson, Assange sent a text immediately after being noticed: "Seriously? Oh my god!" Question kind of still remains: how "free" is he now?
He still can't leave. The US is just going to kidnap him off the streets of London. Wouldn't be the first time.
When was the last time the US kidnapped someone from London's streets?
Anyone know why they dropped it?
Because it was a shady "character assassination" attempt without real standing in the first place... "*The woman of whom Mr. Assange is accused of the offence of "lesser rape" (a technical term in Swedish law) sent an SMS to a friend saying that she "did not want to accuse JA [of] anything" and "it was the police who made up the charges". The other woman tweeted in 2013 that she had never been raped. Both women’s tes…
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Director of Public Prosecutions, Marianne Ny, will hold a press conference at 12:00 CET. EDIT: Marianne Ny has been a subject of heavy criticism in Sweden for her handling of the Assange case (primarily for refusing to take his statement remotely, and claiming his fears for extradition to nothing more than conspiracy theories).
1 hour and 30 minutes from now for my lazy friends. Correction: 23 minutes from now, thanks svip
I honestly don't understand how in our democracy there is even such a concept as "secret charges". It just sounds mind-bogglingly corrupt and out of place.
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He still can't leave. The US is just going to kidnap him off the streets of London. Wouldn't be the first time.
>He still can't leave. The US is just going to kidnap him off the streets of London. Wouldn't be the first time. When was the last time the US kidnapped someone from London's streets?
Millions of pounds/dollars spent enforcing the same.
A gigantic show of idiocy from both sides.
According to his Swedish defence lawyer Per E Samuelson, Assange sent a text immediately after being noticed: "Seriously? Oh my god!" Question kind of still remains: how "free" is he now?
He still can't leave. The US is just going to kidnap him off the streets of London. Wouldn't be the first time.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Because it was a shady "character assassination" attempt without real standing in the first place... "*The woman of whom Mr. Assange is accused of the offence of "lesser rape" (a technical term in Swedish law) sent an SMS to a friend saying that she "did not want to accuse JA [of] anything" and "it was the police who made up the charges". The other woman tweeted in 2013 that she had never been raped. Both women’s tes…
I meant the justification for dropping it from the Swedes
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He still can't leave. The US is just going to kidnap him off the streets of London. Wouldn't be the first time.
>He still can't leave. The US is just going to kidnap him off the streets of London. Wouldn't be the first time. When was the last time the US kidnapped someone from London's streets?
http://www.businessinsider.com/cia-operative-extradited-to-i...