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Sweden appeals UK granting bail for Julian Assange
Submitted by Matt on Tue, 2010-12-14 22:20
Story here. Excerpt:
'LONDON – A British judge ordered Julian Assange released on 200,000 pounds ($316,000) bail Tuesday, but the WikiLeaks founder will remain in custody for at least two more days after Swedish prosecutors challenged that decision.
Assange has spent a week in a U.K. jail following his surrender to British police over a Swedish sex-crimes warrant. He denies any wrongdoing but has refused to voluntarily surrender to Sweden's request to extradite him for questioning — arguing that he could be questioned from Britain.
In a day of courtroom drama, the 39-year-old Australian was first told by a judge that he would be freed, then less than two hours later was informed he had at least another 48 hours in custody.
Britain's High Court will hear the Swedish appeal, but it wasn't clear exactly when.'
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Tremendous error for Assange to have had sexual relations
It was an error for Assange to have had sex, especially in Sweden. Activists should avoid sex, drugs and alcohol. Sweden dropped the charges initially, then reinstated them, and now the prosecutor waits until after Assange's arrest to announce that they are considering extradition to the United States. The issue of the sex charges muddies the waters. If Assange had avoided sexual relations altogether, prosecutors would have had to come up with some other pretext to arrest and extradite him. Assange made it easy for them.
Mens Activists should take this to heart.
Sweden is just...
...another glove puppet with the U.S's hand up its ass.
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Rise, Rebel, Resist.
and if
it is discovered that these charges are bogus,
what happens to women who file terrible false charges and ruin a man?
nothing? of course, what was i thinking?
and even if it is discovered they lied, they can (at least in the u.s.)
sue him for all he is worth. her word is usually enough in a civil setting.
what it amounts to is that women can lie with impunity and then use the police and corrupt
legal system to steal, imprison and destroy innocent men on a whim.
what does it take to get males to stand up and act like men?
no subject
"It was an error for Assange to have had sex, especially in Sweden."
He might not be the type to just protect himself when some injustice pushes him to do so. He does wikileaks after all.
I can see some of what you mean by "the bigger picture". But this big spectacle is exposing an incredibly biased system in Sweden.
Personally I have a self righteous side to me in which I would do something I believe is right even if the "consequences" may be worse. An example is that I have a strong belief in the right to self defense (not overdone) and I would do just that with little regard with how authorities might interpret it.