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By Stefano Ambrogi and Patrick Lannin
LONDON/STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The lawyer acting for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange denied on Thursday that Sweden had issued a valid European arrest warrant for alleged sex crimes, despite Stockholm's...
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By Stefano Ambrogi and Patrick Lannin
LONDON/STOCKHOLM |
Thu Dec 2, 2010 9:13pm EST
LONDON/STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The lawyer acting for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange denied on Thursday that Sweden had issued a valid European arrest warrant for alleged sex crimes, despite Stockholm's insistence that legal difficulties with the warrant were resolved.
Swedish police said earlier that technical problems hindering the arrest of the 39-year-old Australian had been ironed out, and a newspaper report said he was in Britain.
But in an interview with Reuters, his London lawyer, Mark Stephens, who would not divulge his whereabouts because of death threats against him, said no warrant valid under Swedish, European or international law had been issued.
"There is no arrest warrant against him. There was an Interpol red notice, which is not a warrant, alerting authorities to monitor his movements," Stephens told Reuters.
"The arrest warrant was sent back by Scotland Yard (London police headquarters) because it did not comply with the law and was defective."
Assange spends much of his time in Sweden, and earlier this year was accused of sexual misconduct by two Swedish women. Swedish prosecutors opened, then dropped, then re-opened an investigation into the allegations.
Sweden has authorized a warrant for his arrest on suspicion of sexual misconduct. But Assange has not been formally charged with any crime in Sweden. He denies any wrongdoing and said in August he had been warned by Australian intelligence of plans to discredit his website, which aims to expose governments and corporations through the leaking of documents not previously public.
Claes Borgstrom, an attorney for the two women, told NBC News in an interview that suggestions the allegations were part of a dirty tricks campaign were "nonsense."
Borgstrom said the allegations came from two incidents in August that were days apart and involved young women who were Wikileaks volunteers but did not know each other at the time.
"They have been abused. They have gone to the police, in the same way as unfortunately thousands of women do every year," Borgstrom said.
Stephens said his client had not been informed of the allegations or shown any evidence against him. He said Assange would be happy to meet Swedish prosecutors but they had not wanted to meet him.
"We are in this position where we have never been told what the allegations are against him, we do know that he hasn't been charged, we do know that he has only been asked for as a witness," he said.
The Independent newspaper said Assange had arrived in Britain in October, and had given police his contact details. It cited police sources who said they knew where Assange was staying. He is believed to be in southeast England, it said.
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In Sweden, Assange's efforts to have an arrest order quashed met defeat when the High Court declined to hear the case.
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NEWSTIME2010 wrote:
The information in this article is perfectly correct and should be taken very seriously by the Interpol in Lyon.
Mr. Assange is actually in the position to sue the Swedish Government for defamation in regards to the chronology of this entire affair.
I have follow this whole matter minute by minute the last 5 months in the Swedish media as well as in the World press.
This is a complete “Murder of Justice” caused by the Swedish Government.
The European International Court shall be called in urgently to intervene and clean up this horror like errors. It is an emergency case of magnitude!
Sincerely
Australian/Swedish citizen
Dec 02, 2010 8:07pm EST -- Report as abuse
AtlantisCats wrote:
OH I GET IT, they want him REALLY for the “leaks” very funny, very funny indeed! I’m on Julian Assange’s side! You go dude, and keep reporting the TRUTH!
Dec 02, 2010 8:19pm EST -- Report as abuse
devildoc68 wrote:
The U.K. should honor the arrest warant and get this puke off the streets…such a brave man to hide all the while. Like a spoiled kid being the bully and the runs like heck so he won’t get in trouble. Come on England…send him to Sweden and quit dragging your feet.
Dec 02, 2010 8:22pm EST -- Report as abuse
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