Wikileaks founder
Julian Assange was arrested this morning in London, on a Swedish warrant first issued in November. The 39-year-old Australian will now head to a British court, where authorities will have 21 days to decide whether or not to extradite him to Sweden. According to the extradition arrest warrant, Assange is suspected of one count of rape, two counts of molestation and one count of unlawful coercion. Swedish police, however, have yet to officially charge Assange, and issued the warrant simply to get him back to Sweden and discuss the allegations. Assange, meanwhile, had previously dismissed the sex crime-related suspicions as nothing more than an elaborate smear campaign.
But today's arrest doesn't necessarily mean that Assange will be heading back to Sweden anytime soon. His London-based legal team has already said they will argue against extradition, and, even if the court rules against their client, Assange could always appeal the decision, thereby delaying the process even further. As for Wikileaks, the site says it's going full-steam ahead, even as its founder faces legal troubles. "WikiLeaks is operating as normal, and we plan to release documents on schedule," declared spokesman Kristinn Hrafnson.
Tags: arrest, crime, extradition, ExtraditionArrestWarrant, JulianAssange, london, police, politics, rape, sweden, top, Wikileaks
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Subscribe to commentsMilos W. B. DobroslavicDec 10th 2010 11:08AM
True the meanest shids amongst us deserve privacy, but the general public's right to know just how shiddy these people are should not be abridged. More power to Wilileaks and may you never go out of style or business, because you'll never run out of material that's for sure, at least as long as all these incompetent shids are running the universe.
Milos W. B. DobroslavicDec 10th 2010 11:10AM
More power to Wikileaks! We already know the world is run by a bunch of incompetent shids, but to be provided with proof positive, such as Wikileaks does, means we'll ttry harder to get rid of this current crop of shids and bring in a new crop, hopefully less shiddy than what we have now..