LONDON - The British judge Howard Riddle did not want to listen to reason: Julian Assange be extradited to Sweden, where the judiciary wants to interrogate and prosecute sexual crimes including two women accused the founder of Wikileaks. Assange, who will remain on bail, deadpan attends the reading of the verdict.
Then, once out of court in Belmarsh, south London, in front of the microphones of the international press complaint procedures of the European arrest warrant, which "must change." "I was not even indicted - said the accused - and yet I have to live under house arrest, wearing an electronic bracelet.
His lawyers had opposed extradition to Sweden the belief that their client would not have a fair trial. In addition, Stockholm Assange could deliver to the United States, where it is under investigation for disclosing secret documents through diplomatic WikiLeaks. U.S. trial of the interest to his stories about the founder of Wikileaks, after the verdict: "On 20 February, the U.S.
ambassador to the United Kingdom called the BBC to find out how it was the process of extradition. What have the United States with the events that took place in Sweden? " Assange wonders. The defense lawyer Geoffrey Robertson announces that it will submit the appeal within seven days provided by law.
This time it will point to the fact that in Sweden, rape trials are held behind closed doors and that this would be a violation of human rights of his client. The study also appealed to the European Court of Human Rights against the "incredible lies" the allegations against the head of Wikileaks.
The procedure, therefore, could go on for months. The other legal Assange, Mark Stephens, said he was confident of being able to "solve the case even Assange in Britain." In Sweden, the judges expect to ask Assange account of sex offenders referred to accuse him of two volunteers WikiLeaks, "victims" last August, during a stay in the Scandinavian country of the former hacker.
The first claims to have been molested by Assange, which would have ignored his request to use condoms during sexual intercourse. The second point the finger at the founder of Wikileaks because he had sex with her while she was asleep, again without using a condom. In early February, during a close three days of procedural skirmishes, the legal Assange had said before the British court that in Sweden, their client could not enjoy a fair trial, alleging the real possibility of a change in the hands of Assange U.S., where they face the death penalty for circulating an impressive amount of confidential information sent to Washington by American diplomacy in the world.
Lawyers for 39 year old Australian had also accused the Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt to have helped create around the story of Assange a "toxic atmosphere", hurting its chances to enjoy a fair trial, calling it "public enemy number one." In fact, even if the U.S. Federal Justice has opened an investigation against the founder of Wikileaks, at the time was not submitted any formal indictment against him, nor any request for extradition.
And, according to experts, it is unthinkable for the indictment of Assange by the American justice system: U.S. law would not provide openings for WikiLeaks equate to a terrorist organization and Assange, as a journalist, has acted to get the news and would be protected the First Amendment.
The arguments of the defense, as mentioned, were rejected by Judge Howard Riddle English. In his verdict, Judge Riddle contends that the extradition of Assange not violate his human rights and there is no evidence, unless the allegations of the defense which, if transferred in Sweden, the boss of Wikileaks could end up in Guantanamo trial for espionage in the United States.
Moreover, the offenses for which Assange was indicted in Sweden, based on the complaint of rape by two women, are those for which Great Britain granted the extradition and that the warrant issued against the founder of Wikileaks is invalid. 
Then, once out of court in Belmarsh, south London, in front of the microphones of the international press complaint procedures of the European arrest warrant, which "must change." "I was not even indicted - said the accused - and yet I have to live under house arrest, wearing an electronic bracelet.
His lawyers had opposed extradition to Sweden the belief that their client would not have a fair trial. In addition, Stockholm Assange could deliver to the United States, where it is under investigation for disclosing secret documents through diplomatic WikiLeaks. U.S. trial of the interest to his stories about the founder of Wikileaks, after the verdict: "On 20 February, the U.S.
ambassador to the United Kingdom called the BBC to find out how it was the process of extradition. What have the United States with the events that took place in Sweden? " Assange wonders. The defense lawyer Geoffrey Robertson announces that it will submit the appeal within seven days provided by law.
This time it will point to the fact that in Sweden, rape trials are held behind closed doors and that this would be a violation of human rights of his client. The study also appealed to the European Court of Human Rights against the "incredible lies" the allegations against the head of Wikileaks.
The procedure, therefore, could go on for months. The other legal Assange, Mark Stephens, said he was confident of being able to "solve the case even Assange in Britain." In Sweden, the judges expect to ask Assange account of sex offenders referred to accuse him of two volunteers WikiLeaks, "victims" last August, during a stay in the Scandinavian country of the former hacker.
The first claims to have been molested by Assange, which would have ignored his request to use condoms during sexual intercourse. The second point the finger at the founder of Wikileaks because he had sex with her while she was asleep, again without using a condom. In early February, during a close three days of procedural skirmishes, the legal Assange had said before the British court that in Sweden, their client could not enjoy a fair trial, alleging the real possibility of a change in the hands of Assange U.S., where they face the death penalty for circulating an impressive amount of confidential information sent to Washington by American diplomacy in the world.
Lawyers for 39 year old Australian had also accused the Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt to have helped create around the story of Assange a "toxic atmosphere", hurting its chances to enjoy a fair trial, calling it "public enemy number one." In fact, even if the U.S. Federal Justice has opened an investigation against the founder of Wikileaks, at the time was not submitted any formal indictment against him, nor any request for extradition.
And, according to experts, it is unthinkable for the indictment of Assange by the American justice system: U.S. law would not provide openings for WikiLeaks equate to a terrorist organization and Assange, as a journalist, has acted to get the news and would be protected the First Amendment.
The arguments of the defense, as mentioned, were rejected by Judge Howard Riddle English. In his verdict, Judge Riddle contends that the extradition of Assange not violate his human rights and there is no evidence, unless the allegations of the defense which, if transferred in Sweden, the boss of Wikileaks could end up in Guantanamo trial for espionage in the United States.
Moreover, the offenses for which Assange was indicted in Sweden, based on the complaint of rape by two women, are those for which Great Britain granted the extradition and that the warrant issued against the founder of Wikileaks is invalid.
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