Top Swedish judge defends Wikileaks’ Assange
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A senior Swedish judge has said that the sex-crime allegations against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange are “a mess”, and praised him for leaking classified US documents.
Speaking on Wednesday at the University of Adelaide in Australia, Stefan Lindskog, chairman of the Supreme Court of Sweden, also listed legal obstacles to extraditing the 41-year-old Australian to the United States to face prosecution for exposing thousands of classified documents.
Lindskog was critical of the Swedish criminal investigation, and suggested that Sweden’s extradition treaty with the United States would not apply to Assange.
"I think it is a mess,’’ said Lindskog, referring to the Swedish criminal investigation. "Basically, I think there are some misunderstandings, especially when it comes to the issue of extradition.’’
"Extradition shall not be granted when alleged crimes [are] military or political in nature,’’ Lindskog said.