[governance] Tangential (On Exceptionalism Wikileaks) America's vassal acts decisively and illegally

[Dominique Lacroix]

Rape? Charged?

1. Assange is not (yet) charged. The judge only wants to ask him some 
questions. Telecom provide some means, indeed...
2. Rape? Perhaps some of us on this list, men AND women, are rapers at a 
Swedish sense:

/"Under Swedish law, there are legal gradations of the definition of rape.
There is the most serious kind, involving major violence.
But below that there is the concept of 'regular rape', still involving 
violence but not violence of the utmost horror.
And below that there is the idea of 'unlawful coercion'. Talking 
generally, and not about the Assange case, this might involve *putting 
emotional pressure on someone*./

/The three categories involve prison sentences of *10, six and four 
years* respectively.
*The lawyer for the two women* who have complained against Mr Assange 
will not spell out the details because he says that would give too much 
away to the accused man. But he does indicate that it is a four-year 
sentence that Mr Assange could expect, indicating that *he is suspected 
of this third, less serious category*."
/

And the great conclusion is:

"/The attitude towards rape in Sweden - informed by a strong sense of 
women's rights - means that it is more likely to be reported to police.
Some 53 rape offences are reported per 100,000 people, the highest rate 
in Europe.
The figures may reflect a higher number of actual rapes committed but it 
seems more likely that tough attitudes and a broader definition of the 
crime are more significant factors./"

See: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11946652

Isn't it a bit unbalanced, facing whistleblowers issue?

Yes, Adam, CIA or not CIA, this case seems to me two Internet Governance 
issues.
- Lawful here, unlawful there.
- Whistleblowers right at the Digital age.

How would you deal with these questions?

@+, Dominique

Dominique Lacroix
Société européenne de l'Internet
http://www.ies-france.eu
+33 (0)6 63 24 39 14





Le 19/08/12 12:28, Fahd A. Batayneh a écrit :
> On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 1:24 AM, Ginger Paque <ginger at paque.net 
> <mailto:ginger at paque.net>> wrote:
>
>     I admire Assange. I am glad he has the courage to carry out his
>     WikiLeaks work. I don't think he should be persecuted, or face
>     politically motivated harassment or charge.
>     I don't think being a legitimate social hero allows him to avoid
>     facing charges of rape if the are legitimate.
>
>     Ginger
>
>
> That makes us 2 Ginger. ROCK ON!
>
> Fahd

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