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More on Julian Assange's "Sex Crimes"

- Reprinted with permission from Washington's Blog Interpol has issued an arrest warrant for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange for "sex crimes". Everyone assumed it was for rape. But it turns out it was for violating an obscure Swedish law against having sex without a condom. As Newsweek wrote in August:  A Swedish lawyer representing two women whose allegations triggered a sexual-misconduct investigation of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has given [Newsweek column] Declassified the first on-the-record confirmation of the allegations that led to the issuance?and then rapid cancellation?of a warrant on a rape charge and to a parallel investigation into alleged ?molestation." Claes Borgstrom of the Stockholm law firm Borgstrom and Bostrom, who is representing two women who said they had sexual relationships with Assange, said his clients complained to the police of Assange's reluctance to use condoms and unwillingness to be tested for sexually transmitted disease...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on December 03, 2010 (boomark / email).