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0 pointsryanlol10y ago0 comments

Why does he have to go to Sweden when there is no real need for him to do so? Swedish courts already confirmed that they don't need him present there, they could've easily have tried him already if the prosecutor did their job.

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tptacek10y ago· 1 in thread

That is something you could ask about everyone who has ever been accused of anything and later acquitted. Unfortunately, it's also the same thing everyone accused and later convicted would like to say, so that logic can't control.

ryanlolOP10y ago

Having someone else represent you at trial is very common.

Swedish courts have already confirmed that there is no need for Assange to be extradited. Had he been given a fair trial and sentenced, then it would be a whole different situation.

For years the prosecution has been preventing him from having his day in court by illegally refusing to interview him in the Ecuadorian embassy, which is what this whole UN thing is about.

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