[governance] Julian Assange extradition: Ecuador 'willing to co-operate' with Britain

[Norbert Klein]

On 8/21/2012 1:59 AM, Roland Perry wrote:
> In message <503245F7.8000109 at gmx.net>, at 21:13:11 on Mon, 20 Aug 
> 2012, Norbert Klein <nhklein at gmx.net> writes
>> " For more than 19 months now, the Swedish government has refused to 
>> explain why he could not be questioned in the UK."
>>
>> Why not calm the storm by responding to this 19 month old question?
>
> As far as I'm aware the questioning they want to do has to be done in 
> front of what's generically described as an "investigating magistrate" 
> (and not the police) and therefore has to be on that magistrate's home 
> territory.
Thanks for the revelation - still extremely surprised that the Swedish 
government did not give this information for 19 months! But now, thanks 
to this information on our list, the world can know and relax.

Still deeply wondering why the world had to wait for 19 months until 
finally our list breaks the silence.

And I observe all this in the context where I live and work, where, 
years ago, there were often appeals using examples from the "developed 
world" which should be followed where there is transparency and public 
justice. Of course such black-and-white arguments where wrong anyway, 
but convenient.

To take a similar approach when we here have to discuss more and more 
issues of freedom of expression (which is in the constitution) and 
Internet control, it is not so easy to point to other more ideal worlds.

That is the background from which I think that the allegation of 
personal misconduct and the different case of Wikileaks have a rightful 
place on this list: different legal issues are connected. Like we have 
to struggle often in similar ways here.


Norbert Klein
Cambodia

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