24-08-2012, 04:30 PM
This is very interesting legally. Basically, the EAW are no longer valid because he has left the UK and is now on Ecuadorian territory. More Spanglish and googlish.
Quote:Assange Swedish lawyer: "When granted asylum, the European arrest warrant can not be done"http://www.latercera.com/noticia/mundo/2...a-no.shtml
According to T Per Samuelson, Ecuadorian decision marks the end of the Swedish extradition request from British territory.
by DPA - 16/08/2012 - 10:36
Ecuador's decision to grant asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, is the end of the extradition request from British territory of Sweden for questioning over allegations of a sexual nature, said today in Stockholm Swedish lawyer Per Samuelson T.
Samuelson said that Assange is not afraid to answer outstanding questions in Sweden, but sought asylum because "If you fear that if you come here end in imprisonment in the United States." "Not afraid of Sweden, but of what might happen in the United States. Not opposed to research in Sweden," Samuelson said.
"The prosecution (Swedish) will have to accept the new situation and question Assange in Ecuador's embassy in London," he added. Samuelson, one of two lawyers for Assange in Sweden, said that previously requested that the Swedish prosecutors interviewed him in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, but she refused. Ecuador had consented.
"Now the investigation is entering a new phase. Could not be extradited here," he said. "When granted political asylum, the European arrest warrant can not be done."
Hence, affected women are interested also be questioned Assange in London as soon as possible so that the Swedish police to advance research. Samuelson spoke a few days ago with Assange and maintains regular contact with him by email and phone. "We'll have to wait and see what happens," he added.
A spokesman said the Swedish prosecutor Marianne Ny attorney general would not comment for now, but said Ny had already rejected a previous offer to interview Assange in London.
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