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Re:Assange, the law of limitation, and the next eight days by elemeno on Tuesday August 11, 2015 @09:05AM (#10040676)
The article covered that about half way down - the short version is that the Swedish authorities tried to interview him in London but Ecuador wouldn't let him be interviewed by the Swedish authorities unless Sweden agreed on a pre-condition that they couldn't lawfully agree to.

> In March 2015, however, the SPA changed its position and requested to interview Assange in London. A spokesperson for Assange welcomed the development and said Assange wanted to be interviewed.

> This was followed in June 2015 by a formal request to the English and Ecuadorean authorities.

> But the SPA were not able to proceed as Ecuador did not give the requisite permissions. The trip to London by a Swedish prosecutor had to be abandoned.

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Re:Assange, the law of limitation, and the next eight days by agd on Tuesday August 11, 2015 @09:22AM (#10040797)
It should be noted that both sides blame the other for the delay.

It is also self-evident that this process was (foreseeably) complex and the Swedish prosecutor left it until the last moment to sort out.

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