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01 Sep 2010 23:47

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Chatter: Julian Assange: A yo-yo in the Swedish legal system

  • The rape inves­ti­ga­tion against Assange? Back on. Wikileaks has had a bit of trouble in the past two weeks with this whole Julian Assange thing. As more details have leaked to the press, it’s become clear that there may be something there, though many support­ers will debate that fact. But why push rape charges, unpush them and then push them again? It just leads to incon­sis­tency and damages the case in the public eye. source
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23 Aug 2010 21:20

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World: Wikileaks sex case: Did Julian Assange simply start getting creepy?

  • It is quite wrong that we were afraid of him. He is not violent and I do not feel threat­ened by him. The respon­si­bil­ity for what happened to me and the other girl lies with a man who had attitude problems with women.
  • One of Julian Assange’s anony­mous accusers • Regard­ing the situa­tion that led to the quickly-rescinded rape charges against the Wikileaks founder. The Guardian cites sources close to one of the women that claim the issue cropped up because Assange disagreed about condom use with the women, not because he was acting in a non-consensual manner. Gawker has named one of the women, but we won’t do the same here. That said, if that’s what happened (instead of a conspir­acy, as Wikileaks has claimed), that’s pretty creepy. source
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21 Aug 2010 11:43

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World: “Dirty Tricks” or the real thing?: Julian Assange’s sex-assault charges

  • We were warned to expect ‘dirty tricks’. Now we have the first one.
  • Julian Assange • Regard­ing the arrest warrant against him on rape and molesta­tion charges in Sweden. Whether or not this is true, the timing of all this seems awful strange, right? In case you’re wonder­ing whether or not Wikileaks will be able to go on without its fearless leader, this state­ment should warm your heart: “While Julian is focus­ing on his defenses and clear­ing his name, WikiLeaks will be contin­u­ing its regular opera­tions,” accord­ing to a post on Wikileaks’ Web site. (Update: Actually, it appears to have been dirty tricks. The charges were totally dropped against Assange, making this a hyper­speed false rape accusa­tion.) source
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30 Jul 2010 21:53

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Offbeat: Posted without comment: Deranged news report on attempted rape

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27 Jul 2010 21:24

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U.S.: Overturned: Warren Jeffs has a bunch of reasons to smile tonight

Maybe you remember this guy. Maybe you don’t. But Warren Jeffs is the known polygamist who just had his key conviction overturned by the Utah Supreme Court. source
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29 Mar 2010 10:23

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World: Why are Chechen women suspected? They have a history of attacks

  • 2002 Nearly 40 Chechen rebels (includ­ing women) stormed a Moscow theater, an attack which led to a huge loss of life.
  • 2003 Rebels attempted to assas­si­nate Chechen presi­dent Akhmad Kadyrov, who supported the Russian government.
  • 2004 Chechen rebels (includ­ing women) raided a Beslan, North Ossetia, school. Hundreds were killed, includ­ing children.
  • » Why so violent? Part of it is Russia’s history with Chech­nya. In recent years, the Russian military has commit­ted a wave of destruc­tion in the region so terri­ble that it’s led to wide reports of post-traumatic stress syndrome among women. Many, includ­ing women involved in the 2002 theater siege, were brutally raped by Russian soldiers. source
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18 Feb 2010 11:12

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U.S.: Accuser in Duke lacrosse case charged with some crazy stuff

  • Crystal Mangum, the Duke lacrosse rape accuser, was charged with attempted murder in a domes­tic abuse case in Durham, N.C., after getting in a violent confronta­tion with her boyfriend Milton Walker and setting his clothes on fire in a bathtub. Above is her police mugshot. We expect this photo to get shown on TV a lot today. source
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14 Oct 2009 09:31

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Culture: Jaycee Dugard on the cover of People: She’s beeeeautiful

Considering the strangeness of the situation, it’s great to know that she looks like a reasonably normal human being when put on the front of a magazine. source
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11 Oct 2009 01:43

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World: This Good Samaritan rapist-catcher is a true class act

  • With the state that the girl was in after the incident, I really felt that it would go towards making her life a lot better over the next couple of years.
  • Lloyd Gardner • On giving up a huge reward to the victim of the crime. Gardner offered a key piece of evidence that solved a 2006 rape. He was offered a £10,000 reward for leading to the rapist’s conviction, but he deferred it to the victim. Class act. Gardner says, if he kept the money, he likely would have spent the money on “an expensive car or something which doesn’t seem right.” • source
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17 Sep 2009 11:15

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U.S.: Daily poll: Naming suspects’ names in high-profile cases

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