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In reply to the discussion: Vivienne Westwood uses London Fashion Week to declare support for Assange [View all]AntiFascist
(12,792 posts)126. Actually there is...
Last edited Mon Sep 24, 2012, 06:20 PM - Edit history (1)
Sweden is criticized for their pre-trial detention practice of restricting communication, which would occur in the case of Assange. Members of Australian Parliament have actually listened to a number of complaints related to the treatment of Assange by Sweden. If anything, Sweden needs to be very careful of how they are perceived by the rest of the world. As I noted in this post, a popular Australian investigative television show has found great fault with the Swedish justice system:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/101641910
According to a Wikipedia reference:
http://www.cpt.coe.int/documents/swe/2009-34-inf-eng.htm#_Toc248053668
The Committee for the Prevention of Torture of the Council of Europe has repeatedly criticized pre-trial detention in Sweden for the high percentage of cases where restrictions on communication are applied.[11] Such communication restrictions means in Sweden no visits, no telephone calls, no newspapers and no TV.
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Vivienne Westwood uses London Fashion Week to declare support for Assange [View all]
reorg
Sep 2012
OP
A picture of herself labelled "I'm Julian Assange" sure calls awareness to climate, doesn't it?
struggle4progress
Sep 2012
#11
Because we know governments never lie? That every action they take is with the purest intentions?
hack89
Sep 2012
#31
Question of Diplomatic Asylum : Report of the [UN] Secretary-General [22 September 1975]
struggle4progress
Sep 2012
#98
The OAS is the only world organization with a treaty that recognizes diplomatic ayslum
hack89
Sep 2012
#102
Consent may already be present in the form of a treaty or unilateral declaration...
AntiFascist
Sep 2012
#118
The latest news of the direct US investigation of Assange's role in the cable leaks...
AntiFascist
Sep 2012
#41
The Swedish judicial system is one of the most fair and open systems in the world
hack89
Sep 2012
#51
Again, he seems to have no problem going to Sweden under the right circumstances...
AntiFascist
Sep 2012
#66
Has she forgotten how the Climategate emails, released by Wikileaks, scuttled the Copenhagen summit?
struggle4progress
Sep 2012
#12