Sweden hits back on WikiLeaks court claims

Article reports that Sweden’s political and legal establishment rallied in February 2011 to defend the country’s prosecution service over its pursuit of Julian Assange, founder of the WikiLeaks whistleblower website, for alleged sex crimes.

Fredrik Reinfeldt, Prime Minister, rejected claims that Sweden’s attempt to extradite Mr Assange from the UK was politically motivated and hit back against attacks on the Swedish justice system made during an extradition hearing in London.

Svenska Dagbladet, 22.2.11: Death of a Scandinavian myth (via PressEurop) http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/512391-death-scandinavian-myth

BBC News, 11.2.11: Julian Assange 'secret' Sweden rape trial claim denied http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12427839

Deutsche Welle, 8.2.11: Witness questions validity of prosecution against Julian Assange http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,14827795,00.html

The Local.se, 9.2.11: Assange 'offered to come to Sweden': lawyer http://www.thelocal.se/31926/20110209/

ESO: Background Information: WikiLeaks 'Cablegate': The EU files. EUObserver hunts out key EU files in the largest-ever leak in US history http://www.europeansources.info/record/wikileaks-cablegate-the-eu-files-euobserver-hunts-out-key-eu-files-in-the-largest-ever-leak-in-us-history/

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