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jurisdictions, even a suggestion of considering to consent to
possible torture (as defined by the UN special rapporteur) would
be horrifying. Hannah Arendt was right about the banality fo evil,
right... or is that too Manichean? Malmstrom seems not to be aware
that after the European Court of Human Rights judges disavowed
themselves of the role of guardians against torture (American
prisons are rosy places according to their findings), or maybe she
is VERY aware... as the poem goes "first they came for..." ]<br>
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EU official tells Julian Assange 'just go to Sweden'
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<p>WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should “just go” to Sweden
and face allegations of sexual assault, according to one of
Europe’s top officials.</p>
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<p>Mr Assange, 41, has been holed-up in a west London embassy
building for nearly six months but Cecilia Malmström, the
European Commissioner for Home Affairs, has demanded he
“answer the questions” about the alleged attacks, dismissing
the threat of his onward extradition to America as “purely
theoretical”.</p>
<p>“I’m not engaged in this, I know there are talks. But he’s
accused of rape, of sexual harassment and if he’s innocent,
which he might be — I don’t know — why doesn’t he just go and
answer the questions? I don’t believe for a minute that’s why
he would go to the US,” said Ms Malmström, who is herself a
Swede.</p>
<p>She added: “He [Assange] is asked to come to Sweden because
he’s accused of some crimes. He stays in the embassy. For the
moment there is no solution. Whether Sweden would extradite
him to the US or not, that is up to the Swedish authorities to
decide. I don’t think that would happen. That’s purely
theoretical.”</p>
<p>Mr Assange fears that, once he arrives in Sweden, he will be
sent on to America over allegations that he was involved in
the leaking of sensitive – and embarrassing – cables as the
editor-in-chief of WikiLeaks. But that move would require the
consent of the UK Home Secretary Theresa May, who has already
allowed his extradition to the Scandinavian country. Neither
the UK, nor the USA have been drawn on the issue.</p>
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