Julian Assange: Wikileaks co-founder jailed over bail breach

Re:Julian Assange: Wikileaks co-founder jailed over bail breach by akvadrako on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @09:58AM (#19797010)

To be fair, this seems like a dishonest account of the situation. My understanding is that being "charged" in Sweden normally happens later in the process than in the USA/UK, so the fact that he wasn't "charged" isn't meaningful.

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Re:Julian Assange: Wikileaks co-founder jailed over bail breach by lucideer on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @10:02AM (#19797037)

To be fair, you've nitpicked one minor detail in the above quote. The subtantive point still hands. Why is Assange not now wanted for questioning in Sweden?

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Re:Julian Assange: Wikileaks co-founder jailed over bail breach by u10 on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @10:50AM (#19797488)

It's a substantial part of the Swedish legal system, not a 'minor detail'.

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Re:Julian Assange: Wikileaks co-founder jailed over bail breach by lucideer on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @12:41PM (#19798908)

A minor detail in the original quote!, not a minor detail in life. Please don't take the comment out of context.

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Re:Julian Assange: Wikileaks co-founder jailed over bail breach by Ettvatre on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @10:45AM (#19797436)

Please stop spreading misinformation. They have stated in a press release that they will look into this case again. It was 2 weeks ago and these things takes some time.

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Re:Julian Assange: Wikileaks co-founder jailed over bail breach by FireBeyond on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @10:35AM (#19797337)

He is. Even by one of your own sources, Swedish prosecutors started preparing the extradition warrant a couple of weeks ago.

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Re:Julian Assange: Wikileaks co-founder jailed over bail breach by lucideer on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @12:42PM (#19798914)

Not my sources, I merely replied. The gp was another commenter.

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Re:Julian Assange: Wikileaks co-founder jailed over bail breach by Hamuko on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @10:13AM (#19797138)

Hasn't the crime expired?

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Re:Julian Assange: Wikileaks co-founder jailed over bail breach by Ettvatre on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @10:48AM (#19797474)

No it hasn't. There's so much misinformation in this area that it's funny.

The original case was closed since the prosecutor didn't expect a conviction because Assange was hiding under a rock.

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Re:Julian Assange: Wikileaks co-founder jailed over bail breach by CharlesColeman on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @11:27AM (#19797962)

>> Hasn't the crime expired?

> No it hasn't.

IIRC, a couple of the less serious crimes expired but the most serious one remains prosecutable.

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Re:Julian Assange: Wikileaks co-founder jailed over bail breach by Ettvatre on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @11:44AM (#19798164)

I assume we are talking about rape if we are talking about "the" crime. This is the one the Swedish prosecutor is bringing up again. I'm not sure what other crimes he was suspected to commit.

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Re:Julian Assange: Wikileaks co-founder jailed over bail breach by CharlesColeman on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @12:01PM (#19798394)

> I'm not sure what other crimes he was suspected to commit.

The rape charge is the one that's still prosecutable, but he'd previously faced allegations of "sexual molestation" and "unlawful coercion."

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-11949341:

> August 2015 - Swedish prosecutors drop their investigation into two allegations - one of sexual molestation and one of unlawful coercion because they have run out of time to question him. But he still faces the more serious accusation of rape

Edit: This article clarifies the meaning of the other Swedish allegations by quoting them in detail: https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/julian-ass...

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Re:Julian Assange: Wikileaks co-founder jailed over bail breach by OldFatCactus on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @10:09AM (#19797101)

isn't he?

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