> I expect Assange to be freed of all charges.
If that's the common expectation then why this all out effort to bring him to justice ? I've looked at the interpol site, it's not exactly crawling with Swedish requests to bring sex offenders to justice, the only other guy on there is a Swedish national that has some other ominous wording next to his 'sex offenses' relating to children.
Just because one prosecutor sees this as her big break doesn't mean the entire justice system is flawed.
I'm Swedish too, and I think there is a core of truth to what he's saying.
The joke about how you're half a rapist just for having a penis and a fully qualified one if the condom breaks — not true of course, it was just a joke, ha-ha.
But, actually, we do have a pretty liberal definition of rape these days, not that liberal, but still. Rape used to have to contain some element of violence or threat of violence, these days rape doesn't have to contain either. As Assange's accusors have conceded, it was consensual sex.
The feminist movement in Sweden is trying, has been for years, to expand the word "rape" to include less aggrievous stuff. This seems to be another attempt at expanding the definition of "rape" into meaning that the offender didn't "honor the agreement" of the "sexual relation". As if they had arrived at an agreement before they had sex.
I don't think they will win this case though. I expect Assange to be freed of all charges. Possibly a minor charge of non-sexual harassment, or something.