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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAmnesty International Calls on Sweden to Assure Julian Assange Won't be Extradited to the U.S.
(Washington, D.C.) -- Amnesty International calls on the Swedish authorities to issue assurances to the United Kingdom and to Julian Assange that if he leaves Ecuadors London embassy and agrees to go to Sweden to face sexual assault claims, he will not be extradited to the United States in connection with Wikileaks.
In the wake of the Wikileaks co-founder addressing the United Nations and with talks due between British Foreign Secretary William Hague and Ecuadorian officials, the human rights organization said that it was time to break the impasse.
"If the Swedish authorities are able to confirm publicly that Assange will not eventually find himself on a plane to the United States if he submits himself to the authority of the Swedish courts, then this will hopefully achieve two things," said Nicola Duckworth, a researcher at Amnesty International. "First, it will break the current impasse, and second, it will mean the women who have leveled accusations of sexual assault are not denied justice."
"It is vital that states show they are serious about dealing with allegations of sexual violence and that they respect both the rights of the women who made the complaints and the person accused," Duckworth added.
In the wake of the Wikileaks co-founder addressing the United Nations and with talks due between British Foreign Secretary William Hague and Ecuadorian officials, the human rights organization said that it was time to break the impasse.
"If the Swedish authorities are able to confirm publicly that Assange will not eventually find himself on a plane to the United States if he submits himself to the authority of the Swedish courts, then this will hopefully achieve two things," said Nicola Duckworth, a researcher at Amnesty International. "First, it will break the current impasse, and second, it will mean the women who have leveled accusations of sexual assault are not denied justice."
"It is vital that states show they are serious about dealing with allegations of sexual violence and that they respect both the rights of the women who made the complaints and the person accused," Duckworth added.
http://www.amnestyusa.org/news/press-releases/amnesty-international-calls-on-sweden-to-assure-julian-assange-won-t-be-extradited-to-the-united-sta
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Amnesty International Calls on Sweden to Assure Julian Assange Won't be Extradited to the U.S. (Original Post)
Luminous Animal
Sep 2012
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No, no, no!! The DU experts told us Sweden can't issue that assurance. They know more than AI!1!1
riderinthestorm
Sep 2012
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Luminous Animal
(27,310 posts)1. kick.
riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)2. No, no, no!! The DU experts told us Sweden can't issue that assurance. They know more than AI!1!1
Its impossible for Sweden to do that. Amnesty International is blowing smoke since the DU experts have spoken!
Luminous Animal
(27,310 posts)3. Kick.
riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)4. Morning kick! nt