Re: Assange's Prosecution

2021-07-07 Thread David Barrett
On Wed, Jul 7, 2021 at 9:42 AM Peter Fairbrother wrote: > Correction - it can't be reopened at all, because the Swedish statute of > limitations ran out in Aug 2020. > Hm, I don't think the statute of limitations applies to fugitives. The case was brought against him in the appropriate time;

Re: Assange's Prosecution

2021-07-07 Thread Peter Fairbrother
On 07/07/2021 17:31, Peter Fairbrother wrote: On 07/07/2021 16:58, David Barrett wrote: It wasn't dropped: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48253343 I didn't say it was, but Yes, the rape investigation was, finally, dropped on 19 Nov

Re: Assange's Prosecution

2021-07-07 Thread Peter Fairbrother
On 07/07/2021 16:58, David Barrett wrote: It wasn't dropped: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48253343 I didn't say it was, but Yes, the rape investigation was, finally, dropped on 19 Nov 2019, 6 months after it was reopened in May 2019

Re: Assange's Prosecution

2021-07-07 Thread David Barrett
It wasn't dropped: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48253343 They did temporarily while he was hiding in the embassy (again, he was hiding from Sweden, not the US -- Obama didn't try to arrest him, Sweden did, and Assange ran), but now that he's out of hiding, it's reopened. David On Wed,

Re: Assange's Prosecution

2021-07-07 Thread grarpamp
> Though Assange is actually imprisoned in the UK for skipping bail by > hiding out in the Ecuadorian embassy for years to avoid rape charges -- > which is a completely different matter that still needs to be settled. False. - The UK bail thing is finished with 50wks sentence served. - The SE

Re: Assange's Prosecution

2021-07-07 Thread stef
On Wed, Jul 07, 2021 at 01:34:26AM -0700, David Barrett wrote: > https://twitter.com/dbarrett/status/1412690988024307717?s=19 this sweden thing has been dropped long ago. why are you so misinformed is this on purpose? https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50473792 this wiki should help you

Re: Assange's Prosecution

2021-07-07 Thread Peter Fairbrother
On 07/07/2021 09:27, David Barrett wrote: (Though Assange is actually imprisoned in the UK for skipping bail by hiding out in the Ecuadorian embassy for years to avoid rape charges -- which is a completely different matter that still needs to be settled.) Perhaps so in actuality, but in law

Re: Assange's Prosecution

2021-07-07 Thread David Barrett
https://twitter.com/dbarrett/status/1412690988024307717?s=19 Alright Karl and Punk and all the rest who claim to give a shit about this, what are you going to do about it, or does your anger only extend to complaining on this list? David On Wed, Jul 7, 2021, 1:27 AM David Barrett wrote: >

Re: Assange's Prosecution

2021-07-07 Thread David Barrett
That's an incredible video. I think it lays out a very clear argument that the hacking charges against him are trumped up and flimsy, and will never carry in court. If that video is accurate, and there truly is nothing more to the case than what has been presented, Assange's defense attorneys

Assange's Prosecution

2021-07-07 Thread jim bell
https://youtu.be/ufRpvfeUkak