What is the Assange case all about? By Prof. Marcello Ferrada de Noli . It is about the situation of the publisher of an important news outlet, where the information “goal is justice, the method is transparency”. A recently published story in Newsweek, headed “Prosecuting Assange is Essential for Restoring our National Security”, carries […]
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A refutation to Sweden’s anti-Assange lawyers and prosecutors’ theses
With a new look into the political motivations of the Swedish arresting order against Julian Assange, and on other misconceptions around the case By Professor Marcello Ferrada de Noli Prologue When the world got the news that the United Nations panel on arbitrary detention ruled in favor of Mr Julian Assange, Ms Elisabeth Massi […]
Sweden’s Politically Appointed Judges to Decide on Assange Case
By Professor Marcello Ferrada de Noli, Editor-in-Chief. Cover image: “Justitia.” Acrylic in canvas, Ferrada de Noli, 2003 Introduction In a remarkable insight about the Swedish legal system, a noted columnist of Sweden’s largest newspaper Aftonbladet – Oisín Cantwell – criticizes today the Swedish institution of lay judges in his article [Swedish] “Shortcomings that embarrass Sweden […]