[governance] EU official tells Julian Assange 'just go to Sweden'

[Suresh Ramasubramanian]

No, US jails are not really picnic spots.  

But as I understand it, the question was about whether or not Assange must face trial in Sweden, and a prison term in Sweden.

--srs (iPad)

On 04-Dec-2012, at 15:44, Riaz K Tayob <riaz.tayob at gmail.com> wrote:

> So what exactly are you saying? For instance is the treatment of Bradley Manning ok? Or is the UN Special Rapporteur a conspiracy theorist also for calling that treatment inhuman, cruel and degrading?
> 
> 
> On 2012/12/04 11:46 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
>> Riaz K Tayob [04/12/12 11:43 +0200]:
>>> [In some 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..."  ]
>> 
>> Torture? Swedish jails are hotel suites compared to US prisons, and US
>> prisons are heaven compared to a jail in India, say - which are probably
>> better than the jails in some other countries.
>> 
>> https://www.google.co.in/search?q=swedish+prisons
>> 
>> I must say that I have stayed at worse places as a student on a budget.
> 

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