Yes. There is something not quite right about him alright. No doubt he will bore the arses off us now saying it’s a “conspiracy” by the “big bad Americans” & the like. Something about him doesn’t add up.

He’s not on trial for political offences, though. He’s being tried for sexual assault. I would, just like most people, protest extradition to the US for political offences, but this is to answer unrelated charges.

You seem to be arguing that the Swedish justice system will hold an unfair trial and convict him specifically due to American pressure, as there has been no accusation that the US would be involved in the Swedish trial except for extradition.

“as a last resort, the only compromise may be a trial elsewhere in which there might be some chance of justice. but i don’t think that this can happen” – it’s a bit disappointing how casual you seem to dismiss this Swedish woman’s access to justice.

” It seems that if he’s innocent, he should want to stand trial.” So by inference, if he doesn’t want to stand trial he must be guilty. I’d hate to be before you in a court of law.

If you had followed the story from the start you would know that the whole affair stinks. The only reason that the Swedish want Assange extradited is so that they in turn can extradite him to the US over the wikileaks affair. There will of course be a show trial on the sex assault charge, it will collapse but Assange will then be held pending a US extradition request. He knows this and that is why he does not want to get extradited

If and when they start the process to extrade him to the US, then I would object to that. But at the minute, all he is facing is a sexual assault charge in Sweden. I think all sexual assault charges should be considered and taken seriously. You seem to have no consideration for the rights of the woman in Sweden who has possibly been assaulted. I do.

Do you have an alternative solution as to how he can face justice for the sexual assault claim or do you think it should be ignored? I don’t have an issue with Wikileaks, but I have an issue with the fact that people seem to believe this possible sexual assault is totally irrelevant.

Nick I like you take all sexual assault seriously so here is a link (I haven’t read the full article yet) http://thesydneyglobalist.org/archives/2017 and tell me if these alleged assaults seem out of the norm? Woman A lets him stay for a week, woman B said “she couldn’t be bothered to tell him one more time”. WTF? The Brits won’t extradite Assange but I bet the Swedish will and as Alan points out all he will get will be the Bradley Manning treatment.

I work with survivors of sexual assault, so I hear views like this all the time. Women react to rape in a variety of ways, a lot of women stat with rapist partners for a long time. you seem to gave decided he is innocent without wanting the case to be heard. I want it to be taken seriously.

Is this being pursued because he is who he is? Maybe. But it comes down to how important you think it is for a rape trial to occur. I think every accusation should be taken seriously, regardless of political implications.

You’re probably right about American pressure, but if you then say that him avoiding trial for something he may very well have done is the solution, you argue that he should be above the law. I disagree with the idea that because I agree with his political views, he should be immune from facing any consequences from anything he may have done.