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Gottfrid Svartholm Warg Arrested In Cambodia

Posted by timothy on from the hear-the-spiders-are-delicious dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Pirate Bay co-founder Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, alias "anakata," was arrested two days ago (Original, Swedish) in Pnohm Pehn, Cambodia and may soon be facing extradition to Sweden (alternate sources: Aftonbladet (Swedish), IDG (Swedish)). He was sentenced to one year in prison for his involvement in The Pirate Bay in 2009 and failed to appear at the prison to serve his sentence. On a related note, the domain freeanakata.se seems to have been registered today although it currently isn't resolving."

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  1. Sweden in general by IamGarageGuy+2 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    It appears to me that Sweden is becoming the centre of internet freedom battles. Is this geographical, cultural,legal or just luck of the draw?

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    1. Re:Sweden in general by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

      These weren't cases anyone cared about until US money and pressure started telling Swedish authorities to care about them.

    2. Re:Sweden in general by Sqr(twg) · · Score: 4, Informative

      Breivik was sentenced to cointainment. That means he will only get out if he's deemed to no longer be dangerous to society. Very likely he'll be in prison until he dies.

    3. Re:Sweden in general by koolfy · · Score: 5, Informative

      another guy accused of rape

      Julian Assange has not been charged of anything by any authority of any kind. He is wanted for questioning on allegations of sexual misconduct Source

      leaves the country when his lawyer tells him that he is wanted for questioning

      Before leaving the country he consulted with the judge, who decided there was nothing holding him there and he could leave Swedish soil.

      caught in Britain

      Not caught, he turned himself to the police after it became clear that the illegal (or at least illegitimate) Interpol red notice was not going away. This, in the hope of resolving the matter.

      then disappearing into some embassy

      He did not disappear, he sought asylum. That's quite a difference.

      in breach of his bail conditions

      Because it was the only choice he had left to avoid being ultimately handed over to a country where he would be tortured or executed, thus breaching the Geneva Conventions

      which _does_ make him a criminal in the UK

      He has not been charged nor convicted of any crime by any government yet, not Sweden, not the USA, not even the UK as far as I can tell. (prove me otherwise)

      On the other hand, Augusto Pinochet, charged by Spain for the killing of 3000 Chilean people, and torturing 30 000 more, including the raping of political prisoners with trained dogs, was not only not extradited by the UK but often drank tea with Margaret Tacher


      This just goes to show you how much lies we are being fed by governments and medias alike. It's fairly easy to hear officials make the same mistakes as you did.
      Not because they are ignorant. Then know very well the details of this case. They're not stupid. They just choose to deliberately lie.

      You can agree or disagree with the importance of what Wikileaks does, and the importance of what Assange and Manning do for our society, but that doesn't make your claims any less WRONG

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    4. Re:Sweden in general by Shihar · · Score: 4, Informative

      Julian Assange has not been charged of anything by any authority of any kind. He is wanted for questioning on allegations of sexual misconduct

      I can only assume that you are from Britain or the US (or some nation with a similar system of law) if you think this matters. Sweden's legal system is different. If he was on the run from the US instead of Sweden with the exact same charges and they held the same legal weight, he would have an arrest warrant out and have been charged. The US, Britain, and other similar legal systems charge someone formally and then try and capture them in most cases. The suspect is rarely present when charged. The Swedish system captures them and then charges them. Successfully running when they initiate the "capture and question" part of the Swedish system doesn't mean a get out of jail free card. It is of the same severity and holds similar legal weight to being charged in the US or Britain and having arrest warrant issued. This isn't the voluntary phase where you can talk to the police or not. He is in the "we are going to hold you and question you" phase, and there is a legal warrant to detain him which he has run from, which is why Britain is willing to extradite him.

      Whether or not the charges are legitimate and is this a secret plot by the US to snag him, I'll let other people argue. I'm happy Wikileaks exists regardless of whether or not Assange is a douche bag.

  2. Does Ecuador have an embassy in Cambodia? by John+Hasler · · Score: 5, Funny

    n/t

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  3. pointless links by alphatel · · Score: 4, Insightful

    On a related note, the domain freeanakata.... seems to have been registered today although it currently isn't resolving."

    Linking to a domain that any goon could have registered for profit is somewhere between spammy and stupid.

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    1. Re:pointless links by mikael_j · · Score: 5, Informative

      I'm the one who registered the domain. I have no intent on profiting from it, just thought of all the old "Free Kevin" websites when I heard about the arrest and registered the domain. I'm currently gathering URLs to different reports on the arrest and putting them on the site.

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  4. Failed to Appear by Riddler+Sensei · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...failed to appear at the prison to serve his sentence.

    This bit got me to chuckle.

    "You said you were going to beeeeee there!"