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Assange Could Face Execution Or Guantanamo Bay

An anonymous reader writes "WikiLeaker-in-chief Julian Assange faces the real danger of being executed or languishing in the US prison camp at Guantánamo Bay if, as a result of his extradition to Sweden, he ends up in the hands of the Americans, his lawyers argue. In a skeleton summary of Assange's defence, posted online, Assange's lawyers argue that it is likely that the US would seek his extradition 'and/or illegal rendition' from Sweden. In the United States 'there will be a real risk of him being detained at Guantánamo Bay or elsewhere,' his lawyers write."

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  1. The way the Swedish 'rape' laws are by Suki+I · · Score: 5, Funny

    With the way Sweden made their rape laws, he is lucky that they don't have a death penalty for men saying hello to women first.

  2. Re:What grounds? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    "So it cuts their IQ by 20 points"

    They can get those points back by simply flipping their ballcaps around, so the brim is in the front.

  3. Re:What grounds? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Slashdot should avoid using such needlessly inflammatory headlines.

    You must be new here.

  4. Also in the news.. USA Might feed him to Bears! by Timmy+D+Programmer · · Score: 4, Funny

    Not that it has ever happened before, but since anything negative said about the USA is automatically believed and embraced I think we can all agree his best defense is that if he is sent to the USA he will likely be dipped in peanut butter, and dropped in a pen full of grizzly bears. Cuz, we do that sorta thing. ;-)

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  5. Re:attorneys by LifesABeach · · Score: 4, Funny

    one could look at bright side of this issue; at Guantanamo Bay, Julian would get better health care than over 300 million Americans.