Supreme Court Rules Julian Assange May Be Extradited

sirlark writes with an update on the protracted legal proceedings regarding Julian Assange's extradition to Sweden: "Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has lost his Supreme Court fight against extradition to Sweden to face accusations of sex offenses. The judgement was reached by a majority of five to two, the court's president, Lord Phillips, told the hearing. Mr Assange's legal team was given 14 days to consider the ruling before a final decision is made, leaving the possibility the case could be reheard." This may, however, not be the end. From the article: "Lord Phillips said five of the justices agreed the warrant had been lawful because the Swedish prosecutor behind the warrant could be considered a proper 'judicial authority' even it they were not specifically mentioned in legislation or international agreements. This point of law had not been simple to resolve, said Lord Phillips, and two of the justices, Lady Hale and Lord Mance, had disagreed with the decision. But Ms Rose immediately indicated she could challenge the judgement saying that it relied on a 1969 convention relating to how treaties should be implemented. She said this convention had not been raised during the hearing. " This led to the court staying the order until June 13th to give Assange's lawyers time to argue this avenue.

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[RyuuzakiTetsuya]

Yawn.

The mental gymnastics you have to do to go from, "Politically active woman has run in with creepo rapist megalomaniac with a revolutionary fetish" to "The US wants his head and is using this woman to get to him" is ABSURD. It's conspiratorial thinking AND slut shaming AND rape apologetics, now only if someone will tie this to male rights I'll hit internet male asshole bingo thanks to the free space.