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In the last section I tell her that if she proceeds with her plans of a custodytrial, I want all documents. This I say because I don not trust them to give me everything.
A Swedish prosecutor today requested that Julian Assange, founder of the Wikileaks whistleblower website, be detained for interrogation concerning a re-opened sexual assault investigation. The application could lead to an international arrest warrant. Assange denies accusations of rape, sexual molestation and unlawful coercion, which surfaced shortly after the website released the Afghanistan War Logs, containing thousands of leaked US military incident reports. Index on Censorship trustee Mark Stephens, who is Assange’s lawyer, commented: “The behaviour of the investigators has been bizarre. I’ve never seen anything like it in 30 years of legal practice. We haven’t been able to answer the specifics of the smear because the investigators won’t detail the allegations and they haven’t responded to Mr Assange’s voluntary offers of interview.” Index on Censorship chief executive John Kampfner said: “While we cannot comment on the specifics of the case, we are extremely concerned at the apparent conduct of the investigators. Anyone concerned about free speech and human rights will be alarmed at any suggestion that the allegations against Mr Assange are being manipulated for political purposes.”
Originally posted by Sherlock Holmes
People seem to be discounting the possibility that there may be some truth to these claims.
It may seem a bit coincidental or ''convenient''.
Originally posted by CosmicEgg
It is entirely too convenient. Sexuality in Sweden and all the Nordic countries is free and uninhibited. I find it highly doubtful that Assange felt like rape was a good idea at such a delicate time - he had just asked for residence, had he not? Or has it been forgotten that he requested residency there in mid-August? Not enough coincidence, eh?
So having just made the request, he sets about a few rapes and molestations to help out his case. Is that reasonable? How many of you have had to ask for residence somewhere? If you have, you know that committing any sort of crime, even a parking ticket, is upsetting. They put you under a microscope up here. And he's not unknown so just where is the logic? If one woman said no, he would find another with little to no trouble. It's SWEDEN, for the love of Mike!
The Swedish cops are another thing altogether. They couldn't find their backsides with both hands. But there's something more sinister here -- and it's not Assange. There's an actor motivating the Swedes' actions. The question is: Who is it and why? He has made a few enemies recently.
Originally posted by Sherlock Holmes
Originally posted by Chevalerous
And the current female Prosecutor reopened the case soley based on the very weak stories from the two women involved, who already admitted that they both had voluntary sex with Assange.
How are you or I to know the full details of the accusers' stories ? Are you privy to the full statements that they made ?
Somebody agreeing to have voluntary sex with someone, doesn't rule out the possibility of rape or molestation.
I'm not saying whether he's guilty or innocent of these charges, it's just that all too often people form an opinion on someone's guilt or innocence purely from their own personal bias and/or because of excerpts of unverified information that they may read in newspapers or on a website.
How are you or I to know the full details of the accusers' stories ? Are you privy to the full statements that they made ?
One of the women that has reported the assaults is Anna Ardin, christian, feminist and social democrat.
Saturday 14 August at 14 o'clock, Anna Ardin writes on twitter.com/annaardin:
Julian wants to attend a crayfish party, anyone that have any vacancies tonight or tomorrow ?
Early on the morning of Sunday, August 15, she wrote again on Twitter:
Sitting outside and not freezing, with the coolest, brightest people, that's amazing !
In connection with the Anna Ardin police notification of Julian Assange August 20, she deleted the comments at Anna Ardin Twitter. Why?
To my knowledge it is not common for real victims to delete blogs, clean phones and trying to get witnesses to testify something that is not true. Why is it so important that these comments be deleted?
If you know that the reported "assault" took place on the night before Saturday 14 August the whole thing becomes more understandable. The comments suggest the fact that Anna Ardin really liked Julian and there had been no abuse 24 hours before.
These comments doesn't show that Anna Ardin believes that Julian has a skewed attitude to women and can not take no for an answer. The comments are more an attempt by Anna Ardin to bask in the glory of Julian Assange. Why else would she publish them online?
Comments on Twitter does not fit with Anna's story to the police on 20 May.
So she simply deletes them.
Originally posted by Now_Then
Well supposedly our fearless Mr Wikileaks was just about to go after the Russians next time... He's not going to be popular with 2 of the most powerful nations on the earth at least I bet they have a list of every girl (or boy?!) he's ever even kissed and they have looked deeply at each and every one...