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Re:Twitter locks WikiLeaks account days before Assange's ext... by rmc on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @06:43AM (#22364733)
Assange attempted to appeal his extradition from the UK. One way to challenge that is to show that what you are being accused of isn't a crime in the UK. The UK High Court judgement is informative. What Assange is accused of (the 4 counts) would be crimes in the UK.

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Admin/2011/2849.html

Just one bit from your linked article: “But in the morning, according to the revised statement, the woman woke up because he tried to penetrate her without a condom.”. I'm sorry, Assange tried to penetrate a woman who was asleep?! That's not right

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Re:Twitter locks WikiLeaks account days before Assange's ext... by boomboomsubban on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @08:17AM (#22365131)
>. I'm sorry, Assange tried to penetrate a woman who was asleep?! That's not right

Though the authenticity of this claim is dubious, the correct response would be to send him to Sweden for trial. That is not what is likely happening, he is being targeted for his political actions.

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Re:Twitter locks WikiLeaks account days before Assange's ext... by upofadown on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @07:09AM (#22364817)
The accusation here seems to be that the revised statement was simply fabricated by the Stockholm police without any input from the woman.
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