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Swedish Court Refuses To Revoke Julian Assange's Arrest Warrant

Posted by samzenpus on from the wanted-man dept.

An anonymous reader writes A Swedish court rejected an appeal by Julian Assange to revoke a detention order issued over allegations of sexual assault. "In the view of the Court of Appeal there is no reason to set aside the detention solely because Julian Assange is in an embassy and the detention order cannot be enforced at present for that reason," the appellate court added. "When it comes to the reasons for and against detention, i.e. the assessment of proportionality that is always made when use is made of a coercive measure such as detention, the Court of Appeal considers that Julian Assange's stay at the embassy shall not count in his favor since he can himself choose to bring his stay there to an end."

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  1. Stop hitting yourself! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    the Court of Appeal considers that Julian Assange's stay at the embassy shall not count in his favor since he can himself choose to bring his stay there to an end.

    This is the "grown-up language" version of "Stop hitting yourself!".

    At this point the UK should just tell Sweden to stop abusing the extradition treaties and let Assange go.

  2. the NERVE of them swedes! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I believe all convicted rapists should be forgiven after three years holed up in an ecuadorian consulate.