British lawmakers have urged their government to hand WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange over to authorities in Sweden
In the letter sent on Friday to Home Secretary Sajid Javid, which was tweeted by Labour politician Stella Creasy, more than 70 MPs called on him"to stand with the victims of sexual violence."They added that"the UK should tell Sweden that it will have our full cooperation" if they choose to reopen the rape case against Assange.
— stellacreasy April 12, 2019 The MPs note that the investigation in Sweden was"discontinued only because of Assange's unavailability" while he was inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London.Assange was arrested on Thursday by British police after spending seven years holed inside the embassy. However, much of the coverage focused on the US request for his extradition on a single charge of conspiring with former US Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning to steal military secrets.
— Elisabeth Massi Fritz April 11, 2019 Sweden's Prosecution Authority said Thursday they were considering reopening the investigation against Assange.If the country does decide to go ahead and submit its own extradition request, it would be up to UK courts to decide on whether it should take precedence over the expected petition from the US.
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