https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Julian Assange has dumped his Swedish lawyer in favour of a new defence team which includes an attorney involved in the Pirate Bay trial, as the WikiLeaks founder continues to fight his extradition to Sweden to face questioning over sex crimes accusations. https://www.thelocal.se/20111118/37426 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 11:12:00 +0100 37426 The Swedish Bar Association (Advokatsamfundet) has issued a warning to the Swedish lawyer of WikiLeaks frontman Julian Assange, its head said Thursday. https://www.thelocal.se/20110610/34266 Fri, 10 Jun 2011 09:06:00 +0200 34266 Nearly one third of lawyers in Sweden, including best-selling author and lawyer Jens Lapidus, believe that criticism directed at the country's legal system by WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange is warranted, according to a new survey. https://www.thelocal.se/20110505/33604 Thu, 05 May 2011 18:48:00 +0200 33604 The paediatrician suspected of the alleged mercy killing of a baby at Astrid Lindgren's Children's Hospital in Stockholm in September 2008 is to face trial for manslaughter, the prosecutor decided Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20110322/32756 Tue, 22 Mar 2011 18:34:00 +0100 32756 The lead police interrogator in the case of suspected rape involving Julian Assange has personal and political connections to one of the two WikiLeaks founder's accusers. https://www.thelocal.se/20110310/32506 Thu, 10 Mar 2011 10:26:00 +0100 32506 Lawyers for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange have lodged an appeal against a British court ruling that he should be extradited to Sweden over rape accusations, the court said Thursday. https://www.thelocal.se/20110303/32382 Thu, 03 Mar 2011 14:14:00 +0100 32382 Julian Assange's Swedish lawyer Björn Hurtig is under investigation by the Swedish Bar Association (Advokatsamfundet) following accusations made by a British judge during the WikiLeaks founder's extradition trial. https://www.thelocal.se/20110302/32354 Wed, 02 Mar 2011 12:52:00 +0100 32354 With Julian Assange facing extradition to Sweden, his Swedish lawyer on Thursday rejected claims that his client would not be treated fairly by Swedish courts, but remained critical of the way Swedish prosecutors have handled the case. https://www.thelocal.se/20110224/32248 Thu, 24 Feb 2011 15:33:00 +0100 32248 A UK court will on Thursday morning rule on whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should be extradited to Sweden to face rape charges. https://www.thelocal.se/20110224/32232 Thu, 24 Feb 2011 08:57:00 +0100 32232 WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange repeatedly offered to be interviewed in Sweden last year over allegations of rape and molestation, his Swedish lawyer told a British court on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20110209/31926 Wed, 09 Feb 2011 08:59:00 +0100 31926 A Chinese Uyghur who was arrested on suspicions of spying on refugees was remanded into custody on Friday by the Stockholm district court. https://www.thelocal.se/20090606/19912 Sat, 06 Jun 2009 12:37:00 +0200 19912