Assange Denied Swedish Residence On Confidential Reasons 260
MotorMachineMercenar writes "The Local reports that Julian Assange has been denied a residence permit in Sweden. The WikiLeaks spokesman and Australian citizen applied for residency in August, apparently to gain the freedom of speech protection offered by Swedish laws. When asked about the reasons for the denial, a Swedish official responsible replied, '...secrecy prevails in reference to the grounds for such a decision,' essentially meaning the reasons are confidential. Assange has been recently under investigation for sexual molestation charges, which were withdrawn and then re-instated. WikiLeaks is expected to release up to 400,000 confidential US military documents in the near future, which would be the largest such leak in US history."
Re:It is a shame (Score:3, Informative)
(Sorry amicusNYCL, great minds think alike.)
Re:Confidential (Score:3, Informative)
When asked about the reasons for the denial, a Swedish official responsible replied, '...secrecy prevails in reference to the grounds for such a decision,' essentially meaning the reasons are confidential.
If only there was a website where we could learn about such things.
And if it only wasn't down for maintenance...
Re:Is Julian Assange blacklisted? (Score:1, Informative)
Control of his own servers?
You clearly don't know how wikileaks works, yet you were modded up ... So glad to see correct information is getting to the front of the pack here on /.!
Re:Motives (Score:5, Informative)
I mean if the US really could control every other nation on the planet like people on slashdot think then he would have had a tragic car accident long ago.
I have to agree. I know a former State Department official who was relatively far up the chain and he's told me the same thing: People tend to vastly overestimate the capabilities of the US, particularly on the intelligence and global influence fronts. I'm just surprised that so many people on /. seem to fall into the same trap of assuming that "The Government" can do these things while simultaneously going on about how stupid and inept various branches are.
Re:Confidential (Score:2, Informative)
Anyway:
http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utgivningsbevis [wikipedia.org]
It's my impression _he_ don't need to be Swedish, as long as the organization is Swedish or something such. But their lawyers and he himself probably knows more about that than I do from reading Wikipedia and/or whatever I may have read before. Kinda weird how you need to register to enjoy the freedom and aren't anonymous and free of any responsibility (I can see why people think that's not acceptable, but do we really need all the exceptions of rights which are always added to things like this? Sure it sucks if people do evil.. But.)
Swedish:
"En behörig utgivare för webbplatsen ska alltid finnas. Webbplatsen får inte kunna ändras av någon annan än den som driver verksamheten, den måste vara tillgänglig för allmänheten, ha anknytning till Sverige, till exempel genom att redaktionen finns i Sverige och ha ett namn som är unikt och ett domännamn som inte kan förväxlas med namnet på en annan webbplats som finns registrerad hos Radio- och TV-verket.[3] Webbplatsens och utgivarens namn samt vem som har utsett utgivaren ska publiceras på webbplatsen."
Google translation:
"A competent editor of this page will always be. The site may not be modified by anyone other than the operator of the business, it must be available to the public, have ties to Sweden, for example by the editorial staff are located in Sweden and have a name that is unique and a domain name can not be confused with the name at another site that is registered with the Radio and Television Authority. [3] The site and the publisher name, and who has appointed the publisher will be published on the website."
http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tryckfrihet [wikipedia.org]
http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tryckfrihetsf [wikipedia.org]örordningen
http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yttrandefrihetsgrundlagen [wikipedia.org]
"I Sverige är tryckfriheten en grundlagsskyddad rättighet som regleras i tryckfrihetsförordningen. Sveriges första tryckfrihetslag antogs 1766 [4], vilken var den första i världen.[5] I Sverige slås tryckfriheten fast i Regeringsformen, tryckfrihetsförordningen och yttrandefrihetsgrundlagen. Dessa lagar är grundlagar vilket innebär att förändringar måste beslutas av två riksdagar mellan vilka nyval skett.[6]
Om något brottsligt trycks i text, som inte ingår i periodisk skrift, är det författaren eller den ansvarige utgivaren som kan lagföras (dömas) enligt 8 kap. 5 TF.Juridiskt skiljer lagen mellan tryckta texter såsom böcker och tidningar för vilka tryckfrihetsförordningen gäller och andra medier såsom radio och TV för vilka yttrandefrihetsgrundlagen gäller.[4]
Det finns undantag för hur långt tryckfriheten sträcker sig och dessa finns uppräknade i 7 kap. 4 TF.Rent kommersiellt material är inte lika skyddat av tryckfrihetsordningen som annan information.[7]"
Translated:
"In Sweden the freedom of the press a constitutional right granted under the Freedom of the Press. Sweden's first press law was adopted in 1766 [4], which was the first in the world. [5] In Sweden switched press freedom in the Constitution Act, Freedom of the Press and Freedom of Expression. These laws are basic laws which means that changes must be decided by the two parliamentary sessions between which the election occurred. [6]
If a criminal is printed in the text, not included in the periodical, is the author or the editor that can be prosecuted (sentenced) under Chapter 8. 5 TF.Juridiskt distinguishes law from printed texts such as books and magazines for which Freedom of the Press and in other media such as radio and TV for the Freedom of Exp
Re:Is Julian Assange blacklisted? (Score:3, Informative)
AFAIK their servers are still going quite nicely. Every government has had plenty of time to try and take them down, yet they are still there.
Re:Sweden is not a paradise anymore (Score:3, Informative)
I take it you're deliberately ignoring that Sweden listened in on all german communications going through Sweden and forwarded anything interesting to the british...
Or that the swedish army helped danish and norwegian troops with equipment and training. Although officially those troops were just "police", police with artillery...
Or the rescue of nearly all of the 8,000 jews living in Denmark.
Not to mention the work of Count Folke Bernadotte and Raoul Wallenberg who worked to save concentration camp prisoners.
You mean like this guy?? (Score:3, Informative)
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article548380.ece [timesonline.co.uk]
Re:SOP? (Score:3, Informative)
It's not different, so that part is actually a non-story.
These decisions are always secret here, no matter how benign, but if Assange want to speak up, it's up to him.
I think it's just there to protect his privacy. Like if he had been subject to a medical operation or something.
Re:NSA/GCHQ connections (Score:1, Informative)
I'm sorry to point this out but, that document is about Switzerland, not Sweden.