Resources
This space provides resources for each of the themes of this guide. It will be updated regularly. Journalists and Swedish speakers are encouraged to see the thread dedicated to Julian Assange’s extradition on the Swedish website, Flashback Forum.
The Case
Judgement: High Court Appeal (2 November 2011) and Summary.
Overview
Göran Rudling’s detailed 60-page analysis of Sweden’s investigation of the case: Sex, lies, no videotape and more lies. False accusations in the Assange case (05 July 2011). The article is in English.
Peter Kemp: Sex, lies & no videotape: Göran Rudling dismantles the case against Julian Assange
Witness Statement of Björn Hurtig - Exhibit BH-1
Skeleton argument for Julian Assange
Outline Arguments for Mr. Assange
Expert Opinion of Brita Sundberg-Weitman
Brita Sundberg-Weitman Evidence 1
Brita Sundberg-Weitman Evidence 2
Expert Opinion of Christophe Brunski
Expert Opinion of Andrew Ashworth
Expert Opinion of Sven-Erik Anhelm
First Witness Statement of Mark Stephens
First Witness Statement of Mark Stephens - Exhibit MS-1
First Witness Statement of Mark Stephens - Exhibit MS-2
First Witness Statement of Mark Stephens Evidence 3
First Witness Statement of Mark Stephens Evidence 4
First Witness Statement of Mark Stephens Evidence 5
First Witness Statement of Mark Stephens Evidence 6
First Witness Statement of Mark Stephens Evidence 7
Second Witness Statement of Mark Stephens
Second Witness Statement of Mark Stephens evidence 1
Second Witness Statement of Mark Stephens evidence 1
Third Witness Statement of Mark Stephens
Third Witness Statement of Mark Stephens - Exhibit MS-1
Third Witness Statement of Mark Stephens - Exhibit MS-2
Third Witness Statement of Mark Stephens - Exhibit MS-3
Witness Statement of Björn Hurtig
Witness Statement of Björn Hurtig - Exhibit BH-1
Witness Statement of Bjorn Hurtig - Exhibit BH-2
Witness Statement of Bjorn Hurtig - Exhibit BH-3
Witness Statement of Goran Rudling
Witness Statement of Goran Rudling - Exhibit GR-1
Witness Statement of Goran Rudling - Exhibit GR-2
Witness Statement of Goran Rudling - Exhibit GR-3
Witness Statement of Goran Rudling - Exhibit GR-4
Witness Statement of Goran Rudling - Exhibit GR-5
Witness Statement of Goran Rudling - Exhibit GR-7
Witness Statement of Goran Rudling - Exhibit GR-8
Witness Statement of Goran Rudling - Exhibit GR-9
Witness Statement of Goran Rudling - Exhibit GR-10
Witness Statement of Marcello Ferrada-Noli
Skeleton Reply of the Swedish Prosecutor
Marianne Ny’s Statement 4.2.11
Certified Arrest Warrant
The Judgement
Brita Sundberg-Weitman: Four questions that must be answered before Julian Assange can be extradited to Sweden (In Swedish)
Andrew Ashworth’s Expert Opinion
Testimonies in English from the preliminary investigation in Sweden
Björn Hurtig’s letter to FSI (14 November 2010), submitted to the UK Magistrates Court as evidence
Rixstep: Swedish Feminism Takes on Medical Science
Rixstep: Stockholm Clinic Criticised for Bogus Medical Certificates
Amnesty International Report - Amnesty International report (2007)
The Local (2009) - Is rape rampant in gender-equal Sweden?
Nigel Hawkes - Is our rape conviction rate really so poor?
Swedish Bar Association’s briefing on the the Sexual Offences Law
Amnesty International (2008) Case Closed: Rape and Human Rights in the Nordic Countries
Compilation of articles about biased judicial proceedings against men (in Swedish)
Controversies
Professor Marcello Ferrada Noli - Interview 09 August 2011
Witness Statement of Marcello Ferrada-Noli
Brita Sundberg Weitman: State-owned SVT documentary ’Julian Assange’ (Statliga SVT:s dokumentär Julian Assange"- only available in Swedish.pdf]- )
Olle Andersson, Flashback Stops Witch Trial of Assange (in the original Swedish; in English).
Olle Andersson, Assange/WikiLeaks: The Betrayal of Sweden’s Cultural Elite (in the original Swedish, in English).
Olle Andersson, ’Try Me for Rape Too, Marianne Ny!’ (in the original Swedish, in English).
Olle Andersson, ’WikiLeaks and the Gutless Swedish Media’ (in the original Swedish, in English).
Rixstep: Response to Guillou’s attack on Assange
Brita Sundberg Weitman’s response to the SVT hit piece on Julian Assange.pdf] in Swedish
The editor of the publication DSM wrote a response to Jan Guillou’s attack on Julian Assange (’Julian Assange is a little creep with no principles’).pdf] in Swedish
Witness Statement of Göran Rudling
Peter Kemp: Sex, lies & no videotape: Göran Rudling dismantles the case against Julian Assange
Expert Opinion of Brita Sundberg-Weitman
Expert Opinion of Sven-Erik Anhelm
Witness Statement of Björn Hurtig
Expert Opinion of Brita Sundberg-Weitman
’Könskriget’ The Sex War, a documentary with English subtitles
’Sex buyers should be named and shamed’, says Minister of Justice Beatrice Ask
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/aug/01/goran-lindberg-sweden-crime-palme
’Welcome to
Sweden, Leave as Soon as You Can’ - Summary of ’The Sex War’ documentary in English, part 1 and part 2
Professor Ferrada Noli on the nature of ’State Feminism’ in Sweden
Andrew Anthony - Göran Lindberg and Sweden’s dark side
Marcello Ferrada Noli - Does Sweden Inflict Trial by Media Against Assange?
Extradition
Thomas Hammarberg - Overuse of the European Arrest Warrant - a threat to human rights
Bernard Porter - The Victorians wouldn’t have stood for it
David Blunkett - European warrant is fair, but it is open to abuse
Fair Trials International - The European Arrest Warrant
Valentina Pop - Assange case highlights EU arrest warrant ’abuses’
Fair Trials International - Memorandum to the UK Parliament Justice Committee
Mary Kostakidis ’Assange faces enforced leisure to ponder folly of a law passed in haste’
DSM: The European Arrest Order Against Julian Assange
Jennifer Robinson’s Brief to Australian members of parliament (4 March 2011)
Fair Trials International - The European Arrest Warrant seven years on - the case for reform
Fair Trials International - The European Arrest Warrant - cases of injustice
Afua Hirsch - The Julian Assange Case: a mockery of extradition?
Jago Russell - Assange’s extradition is only the tip of the iceberg
Gerard Batten, MEP on Assange’s EAW
Memorandum to the UK Parliament Justice Committee
European Council: ’Overuse of European Arrest Warrant is a threat to human rights, says Thomas Hammarberg’
Timing: EAW & INTERPOL Red Notice
Douglas McNabb on Conditional release from Sweden to the US
Fair Trial in Sweden
Al Burke -Sweden, Assange and the USA
Pelle Svensson: ’Under the pretence of free evidence assessment, courts are rendering verdicts without proof’ and ’Men are sentenced to long prison terms with no evidence’
Rixstep - Sweden & The Rule of Law
Nordic Human Rights Committee - The Chancellor for Justice and the Rule of Law in Sweden
Andrew Anthony - Göran Lindberg and Sweden’s dark side
Ex-editor of the Wall Street Journal on Assange’s likelihood to be extradited from Sweden
Justice Integrity Project, Rights Activist Challenges Ethics of Swedish Courts, Media, Andrew Kreig, March 6, 2011.
Justice Integrity Project, Critic Slams Swedish Media for Anti-Assange Bias, Andrew Kreig, April 18, 2011
Connecticut Watchdog, Spy vs. Spy As Hackers Square Off Over DC Dirty Tricks, also published in the Huffington Post Andrew Kreig, Feb. 16, 2011
Justice Integrity Project, Rove’s Swedish Connections: The Controversy And The Facts, Andrew Kreig, Feb. 14, 2011.
Professors Blogg (Sweden), Karl Rove’s Swedish Connections: The Controversy And The Facts, Andrew Kreig (Blog edited by Prof. Marcello Ferrada de Noli), Feb. 13, 2011.
Justice Integrity Project, Plot Against Bloggers, Rights Activists Exposed, Andrew Kreig, Feb. 11, 2011.
Makthavare (Sweden, Those in Power), Naomi Wolf: Karl Rove works for the Conservatives, Andreas Hendriksson, Feb. 11, 2011. (Google Translation).
Professors Blogg, Karl Rove, Sweden and the Eight Major Aberrations in the Police Sex Crime Reporting Process in the Assange Case, Naomi Wolf, Feb. 9, 2011
Justice Integrity Project, Critics Probe WikiLeaks, CIA; Tie Uprisings To Food, Security, Andrew Kreig, Feb. 9, 2011.
Swedish Wire, Karl Rove key player in Swedish WikiLeaks probe, Andrew Kreig, Jan. 24, 2011.
Swedish Wire, Partner at Swedish law firm counseling WikiLeaks boss’ accusers helped in CIA torture rendition, Andrew Kreig, Jan. 20, 2011.
Huffington Post Rove Suspected In Swedish-U.S. Political Prosecution of WikiLeaks, Andrew Kreig, Dec. 19, 2010.
OpEd News Partner at Firm Counseling Assange’s Accusers Helped the CIA In Rendition for Torture, Andrew Kreig, Jan. 12, 2011
Justice Integrity Project, PM’s Biographer Sees Rove Influence in Swedish Politics, Andrew Kreig, Jan. 17, 2011
Al Burke - Sweden, Assange and the United States
Crowdleaks - The Stockholm Cables: the end of neutrality
Anonymous Operation Want’s Blog - Sweden’s Big Trade Deal for Assange: Who profits the most?
Henrik Alexandersson, Justice and the Law - Rätten och rättvisan
Christian Diesen - SD lay judges jeopardise the rights of new immigrants
Fair Trial for Julian Assange?
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