The ‘getting’ of Assange and the smearing of a revolution

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Saturday October 08, 2011 18:41

by John Pilger

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John Pilger writes about what Assange faces in the upcoming court case.

The High Court in London will soon to decide whether Julian Assange is to be extradited to Sweden to face allegations of sexual misconduct. At the appeal hearing in July, Ben Emmerson QC, counsel for the defence, described the whole saga as "crazy". Sweden's chief prosecutor had dismissed the original arrest warrant, saying there was no case for Assange to answer. Both the women involved said they had consented to have sex. On the facts alleged, no crime would have been committed in Britain.

However, it is not the Swedish judicial system that presents a "grave danger" to Assange, say his lawyers, but a legal device known as a Temporary Surrender, under which he can be sent on from Sweden to the United States secretly and quickly. The founder and editor of WikiLeaks, who published the greatest leak of official documents in history, providing a unique insight into rapacious wars and the lies told by governments, is likely to find himself in a hell hole not dissimilar to the "torturous" dungeon that held Private Bradley Manning, the alleged whistleblower. Manning has not been tried, let alone convicted, yet on 21 April, President Barack Obama declared him guilty with a dismissive "He broke the law".

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Nobel peace prize not given to bradley manning. surprise surprise

by Serf

Sun Oct 09, 2011 08:37

Interesting that the guardian poll voted Bradley Manning and Julian Assange as number 1 and 2 for the coveted nobel peace prize.

However instead it went to (no doubt worthy but not so well known) liberian female activists.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindi....html

Previous prizes have gone to:
A chinese dissident
barrack obama
Hmmm..... No political motives or bias there then!!

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the appeal..

by opus diablos - the regressive hypocrite party

Wed Nov 02, 2011 11:21

..against extradition has been knocked back. Surprise, surprise.

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The ‘getting’ of Assange and the smearing of a revolution

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