Arthur Besse@lemmy.ml to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoJulian Assange: Wikileaks founder in last-ditch bid to avoid US extraditionwww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10cross-posted to: worldnews@lemmy.ml
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkJulian Assange: Wikileaks founder in last-ditch bid to avoid US extraditionwww.bbc.comArthur Besse@lemmy.ml to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square52fedilinkcross-posted to: worldnews@lemmy.ml
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoYou know Sweden has declined to prosecute Assange, right? https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/nov/19/sweden-drops-julian-assange-investigation It’s the U.S. that wants him, not Sweden.
minus-squareXtallll@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoThat tends to happen when you hide in an embassy until the statue of limitations runs out. The US didn’t want to extradite him until 2017 after WikiLeaks interfered with the 2016 election.
You know Sweden has declined to prosecute Assange, right?
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/nov/19/sweden-drops-julian-assange-investigation
It’s the U.S. that wants him, not Sweden.
That tends to happen when you hide in an embassy until the statue of limitations runs out. The US didn’t want to extradite him until 2017 after WikiLeaks interfered with the 2016 election.