[LINK] PGPBoard: Assange Shown The Door By The Swedes

[Ben McGinnes]

Hello,
	I just stumbled on this translation of a Swedish news article reporting
that Sweden had rejected Julian Assange's residency there in the wake of
rape and sexual assault allegations:

https://eta.securesslhost.net/~pgpboar/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=170&sid=e991053c1fd30a22983ee6334db1c0ac

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Assange Shown The Door By The Swedes
original story here: http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article7976144.ab

Google Translate following text

Wikileaks founders Julian Assange may not be a residence and work permit
in Sweden. Gunilla Wikström said;

- We took the decision to reject his application. He has received notice
today in mail, "she told Aftonbladet Frontman for the acclaimed website
Wikileaks, Australian Julian Assange, filed earlier this year for a
residence permit in Sweden. One of the reasons as stated is that Assange
planning to have a Swedish utgivarbevis, which would give him better
protection of sources for the site. Today, however, decided the
Migration Board decides not to give Assange a residence permit, but do
not want to go into details of the case. Notified of rape

Assange visited Sweden last summer to lecture on Wikileaks recent
publication of thousands of secret documents from the war in
Afghanistan. He then applied also for a Swedish residence permit. But
the lectures were overshadowed once the media reporting a rape complaint
against Julian Assange. The notification was the start of a long circus
that reported in the world and still not completed.
The request was lifted An on-call prosecutor asked originally Assange in
his absence, the suspect in a rape and a case of sexual molestation. The
request was lifted up by an ordinary prosecutor after just one day.

When the prosecutor Eva Finné examined the case, she decided to close
enrollment on the rape and only initiate investigations in a case of
molestation.
Later, however, decided the prosecutor Marianne New to the preliminary
investigation of rape should be resumed. Moreover, as the case
classified as harassment redefined as sexual coercion and sexual
assault. The investigation is still ongoing and now has the Migration
Board rejected his application, said Gunilla Wikstrom who are decision
makers at the Migration Board's work unit in Norrköping.

- There is not much more to say more than that we rejected his
application. Can you say anything about the grounds for refusal?

- No, there is secrecy around the grounds for such a decision.

According to Gunilla Wikstrom has Assange decision has been sent both by
mail and by regular mail. She can not answer whether he is in the country.

eof

Alan Taylor
PGPBOARD Administrator
London, England

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It looks pretty real.  How long until the press pick it up?


Regards,
Ben

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