re: #486 yasharki

What’s the bottom line? Is Assange in custody? Is there a warrant out for his arrest? What exactly is he charged with and where? Or is it just another media outrage?

“But few outlets are as concerned as the Times with nuance. Washington’s Blog, to its credit, does report that the Swedish arrest warrant—and the following Interpol alert, adding Assange to its “most wanted” list—makes no reference to “rape.” Instead Assange is being sought for sexual “coercion,” after engaging in what was an allegedly non-consensual sex act with two women on two separate occasions within a short space of time. The act in question was sex without a condom, seemingly without the consent of the two women involved. Assange is also alleged to have been reluctant to submit to medical tests for sexually transmitted diseases. The two women reported him to the police, together, leading to the first arrest warrant for “rape,” from a duty prosecutor, which was quickly canceled, then a later warrant for “sexual coercion.”

fastcompany.com