Kevin Gosztola skriver en lång och innehållsrik artikel om rättsprocessen och ”trial by media”.
Han citerar bland annat Britta Sundberg-Weitman. Citatet säger det mesta:
” Sundberg-Weitman argued in her expert opinion:
“…I consider it inappropriate and disproportionate that Ms. Ny sought an Interpol arrest warrant and EAW for Mr. Assange. It is not clear why she refused to interview him in London, since doing so would be in accordance with the rules set forth under the terms of Mutual Legal Assistance.
Ms. Ny is reported to have first stated that it was incompatible with Swedish law to interrogate Mr. Assange in London. This is clearly not true. According to the International Judicial Assistance Act (200:562), Chapter 4, Section 10, prosecutors may hold interviews by telephone during a preliminary investigation if the person in question is in another state, if that state allows. The Prosecutors’ Manual (p. 33-34) states that holding interviews by video conference is not prohibited under Swedish law and the prosecutor can apply for legal assistance from the foreign authority to conduct an interview by video conference during the preliminary investigation of a person who is in another state, provided it is agreed with that state.
The Prosecutors’ Manual further sets out that the prosecutor may simply contact the Department of Justice to contact the state from which such assistance is sought. On this basis, there were clearly other proper methods for obtaining his testimony from London that were mandated both by Swedish procedural rules and by a common sense approach.
Her decision to issue an EAW in these circumstances amounts to a breach of European principles of proportionality…”
http://dissenter.firedoglake.com/201...ulian-assange/
Inget av detta är nytt för trådens läsare. Det gjordes, troligen, ett allvarligt försök under hösten 2010 att undersöka möjligheten för ett förhör i London, men
det avstyrdes snabbt av oklara skäl. (Källa Publicistklubben.)