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Give priority to Julian Assange rape claim, home secretary urged
Source: The Guardian
Give priority to Julian Assange rape claim, home secretary urged
Letters to Sajid Javid and Diane Abbott call for attention to focus on any Swedish case
Jessica Elgot, Jon Henley, Matthew Weaver and Owen Bowcott
Fri 12 Apr 2019 19.49 BST Last modified on Sat 13 Apr 2019 00.05 BST
Political pressure is mounting on Sajid Javid to prioritise action that would allow Julian Assange to be extradited to Sweden, amid concerns that US charges relating to Wikileaks’ activities risked overshadowing longstanding allegations of rape.
More than 70 MPs and peers have written to Javid and the shadow home secretary, Diane Abbott, urging them to focus attention on the earlier Swedish investigations that Assange would face should the case be resumed at the alleged victim’s request.
In a letter coordinated by Labour’s Stella Creasy and Jess Phillips and seen by the Guardian, the MPs declare: “We do not presume guilt, of course, but we believe due process should be followed and the [Swedish] complainant should see justice be done.”
They call on Javid and Abbott to “champion action” to ensure that extradition is a possibility should Swedish authorities choose to pursue it.
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Letters to Sajid Javid and Diane Abbott call for attention to focus on any Swedish case
Jessica Elgot, Jon Henley, Matthew Weaver and Owen Bowcott
Fri 12 Apr 2019 19.49 BST Last modified on Sat 13 Apr 2019 00.05 BST
Political pressure is mounting on Sajid Javid to prioritise action that would allow Julian Assange to be extradited to Sweden, amid concerns that US charges relating to Wikileaks’ activities risked overshadowing longstanding allegations of rape.
More than 70 MPs and peers have written to Javid and the shadow home secretary, Diane Abbott, urging them to focus attention on the earlier Swedish investigations that Assange would face should the case be resumed at the alleged victim’s request.
In a letter coordinated by Labour’s Stella Creasy and Jess Phillips and seen by the Guardian, the MPs declare: “We do not presume guilt, of course, but we believe due process should be followed and the [Swedish] complainant should see justice be done.”
They call on Javid and Abbott to “champion action” to ensure that extradition is a possibility should Swedish authorities choose to pursue it.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/apr/12/give-priority-to-julian-assange-claim-home-secretary-urged
