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Should Ecuador give Julian Assange asylum?
posted at 20/8/2012 10:47 AM BST
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Colleagues - I realise this is not strictly a medical discussion but I think it is an interesting international case.. |
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Re: Should Ecuador give Julian Assange asylum?
posted at 20/8/2012 11:33 AM BST
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He has been accused of sexual assault/rape. The Swedish system seems to be sufficiently robust and of sufficient integrity to (1) not put someone under investigation unless they thought there was a proper case to answer and (2) not to stitch him up on the basis of false allegations. He should, as you say, face the charges and, if necessary, have his day in court and let justice take its course. The idea that this is just a set up to get him into the situation where he can be extradited to the USA strikes me as a bit preposterous. As we are fond of saying on doc2doc "show me the evidence". I should point out that I am not against the concept of whistle blowing like Wikileaks and I would be the first to object if he was to be forcibly extradited to the USA on the basis of Wikileaks but this isn't about that. He has been accused of sexual assault and should go through the due process. Would be good for a legal view form Kirked... |
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Re: Should Ecuador give Julian Assange asylum?
posted at 20/8/2012 12:23 PM BST
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He has spilled the beans. He should clean them up. What he did was imprudent. It was folly. DId he not know the long arm of the law is long indeed. Once he would have been cast as a traitor. Did he put lives in danger. Our soldiers are fighting against a deadly foe. As for his dalliances, face the music and his accusers. |
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Re: Should Ecuador give Julian Assange asylum?
posted at 20/8/2012 3:29 PM BST
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I think it is a case of he thinks he can dish the dirt but not take any himself. |
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Re: Should Ecuador give Julian Assange asylum?
posted at 20/8/2012 10:23 PM BST
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He is accused of forced entry and taking what it not his to take; of women and of state. He demonstrates behaviour which reminds me of that a two year old. Such a child takes something not his and hides behind mother's skirt when father comes to punish him. He is no Hercules but a one-eyed Polyphemos in his cave and he was blinded. Regardless of the outcome he will be an exile; a stranger in his own land. Perhaps; Dicky Leaks and Wicked Leaks for this is what it is. |
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Re: Should Ecuador give Julian Assange asylum?
posted at 21/8/2012 2:20 AM BST
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Naomi Wolf argues about 8 problems with Swedens case against Assange here
The summary is
Specifically, there are eight ways in which this transcript is unusual:
1) Police never pursue complaints in which there is no indication of lack of consent.
2) Police do not let two women report an accusation about one man together.
3) Police never take testimony from former boyfriends.
4) Prosecutors never let two alleged victims have the same lawyer.
5) A lawyer never typically takes on two alleged rape victims as clients.
6) A rape victim never uses a corporate attorney.
7) A rape victim is never encouraged to make any kind of contact with her assailant and she may never use police to compel her alleged assailant to take medical tests.
8) Police and prosecutors never leak police transcripts during an active investigation because they face punishment for doing so.
Read the detailed description here |
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Re: Should Ecuador give Julian Assange asylum?
posted at 21/8/2012 2:50 AM BST
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I think he fears what we call a "kangaroo court" in Australia; rough justice in Sweden. The law can be an ass and there may be more than one turkey on the bench. At worst he may face a lynching. His barrister is well qualified. The best. |
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