Guardian will have live coverage of the Assange extradition hearing

[EFerrari]

Julian Assange extradition appeal hearing – live coverage

Full coverage of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's battle to avoid being sent to Sweden to face rape and sexual assault charges



http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jul/12/julian-assange-extradition-live-coverage

[seabeyond]

1. i understand he has not been charged for rape and assault, but they merely want to question him.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/europe/07/12/uk.assange.case/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

Assange has not been charged with a crime, but Swedish prosecutors want to question him in connection with sexual misconduct allegations related to separate incidents in August

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Riddell also tossed out claims that Assange would not be able to obtain a fair trial in Sweden or that Swedish prosecutors had not made any effort to promptly interview Assange before he left Sweden last year.

"In fact this is untrue," the judge said in the ruling. He said Assange's Swedish lawyer had made a "deliberate attempt to mislead the court" and that it was Assange who had avoided interrogation before he left Sweden.

"It would be a reasonable assumption from the facts that Mr. Assange was deliberately avoiding interrogation before he left Sweden," Riddell wrote.

[tekisui]

2. knr

[EFerrari]

3. Guardian has a summary up now, as hearing is over

and will resume tomorrow.

[Solly Mack]

4. K&R

Thanks!