and why sweden wants a solemn so badly and his fate if he were to be extradited we talk now to dr brian palmer a social anthropologist from southern university that's next here. dr brian palmer social anthropologist who teaches that uppsala university thank you very much for sitting down with us today on r.t. it's a pleasure to be in your program sweden has been in the spotlight quite a bit lately with the wiki leaks scandal and the spy and sex probes into doing a song why does sweden want julian of songs to be extradited is it just for to be questioned rather for the sex crimes alleged against him.

waiting swedish academic dr brian palmer told r.t. that the chances of julian assange are being handed over to the us or much higher if he sent to sweden because of the close relations between the two. would be easier to get into the u.s. from sweden then from britain the swedish government has shown itself to be more apply and then the british surprisingly given the so-called special relationship of trust between britain and the usa the the once very progressive sweden has become something of a voluntary. apprentice state some would say vassal state of the usa. and we've got that full interview with dr brian palmer in a little over twenty minutes for you now also coming off we've got more stories ahead including questioning switzerland's neutrality and more going capita than any other european country many swiss are wondering if it's time to finally lay down their weapons that's on shortly. was the century since the birth of ronald reagan we look at his legacy and the gross change in picture being painted by i think the west media. b

more on why sweden wants to solve so badly and his fate if he would be extradited we talked to dr brian palmer into politics from southern university that's next here now to. dr brian palmer social anthropologist who teaches that uppsala university thank you very much for sitting down with us today on r.t. it's a pleasure to be on your program three could have been in the spotlight quite a bit lately with the wiki leaks scandal and the spy and sex probes into doing a songe why does sweden want julian assange is to be extradited is it just for to be questioned rather for the sex crimes alleged against him. it's hard to say it's certainly.

next is an interview with dr brian palmer a social anthropologist from uppsala university he says the u.s. is playing a key role behind the scenes all that you've been a staunch case. dr brian palmer social anthropologist who teaches that uppsala university thank you very much for sitting down with us today on r t it's a pleasure to be on your program sweden has been in the spotlight.

leading swedish academic dr brian palmer told r.t. the chances of julian assange being handed over to the us are much higher if you stand to sweden because of the close relations between the two. be easier to get into the u.s. from sweden then from britain the swedish government has has shown itself to be more apply and then the british surprisingly given the so-called special relationship of trust between britain and the usa the the once very progressive sweden has become something of a voluntary. produce state some would say vassal state of the usa. and will have voted your view for you in full was dr brian palmer next hour here on our cheek. as anti-government protests in egypt enter a third week president hosni mubarak has taken steps to reform the constitution in an attempt to diffuse public anger but thousands of demonstrators remain in cairo's main square keeping up the pressure on the president to resign or just pull slayer has the latest from the capital what we've now into the third week of and mubarak demonstrations and the

and we've got to have full interview with dr brian palmer next hour right here on r.t. . as well as in egypt enter a third week thousands of demonstrators are keeping up the pressure on president hosni mubarak to step down caro's main square has seen a massive and but crowds are being pushed back by the army to get traffic moving banks and some businesses are now reopening and schools remain closed and the night curfew is still in force president mubarak has ordered a reform committee to be set up with the task of changing the constitution meanwhile the country's vice president is being courted by the u.s. to replace mubarak because r.t.s. problems fear reports washington is considered a questionable mediator in egypt itself it's important to support the transition process announced by the egyptian government actually headed by now vice president. omar suleiman hardly the words of a neutral broker and worse far removed from the people who had ministration chains to be listening to. talk to maggie below his of human rights organization that teaches each opinions about demo

for revealing secret american diplomatic documents to the world so i had a chance to speak with dr brian palmer a social anthropologist from uppsala university to discuss why sweden wants julian a song so badly he says the u.s. is playing a key role behind the scenes that's next. dr brian palmer social anthropologist who teaches that uppsala university thank you very much for sitting down with us today on r t it's a pleasure to be on your program sweden has been in the spotlight quite a.

dr brian palmer social anthropologist who teaches that uppsala university thank you very much for sitting down with us today on r.t. it's a pleasure to be on your program sweden has been in the spotlight quite a bit lately with the wiki leaks scandal and the spy and sex probes into doing a song why does sweden want julian of so much to be extradited is it just for to be questioned rather for the sex crimes alleged against him. it's hard to say certainly. sexual misconduct is taken seriously in sweden but few cases gets anywhere near the kind of drew to show energy behind them as it is this had so there's seems to also be other factors at play it may be partly the prosecutors and lawyers involved and issues of their careers it may also be that there is some pressure from the. foreign policy establishment in sweden and even from the united states that it's playing a role do you think that eventually found will in fact be extradited to sweden it wouldn't surprise me if he is in the end. but i would say that he and his lawyers have a fighting chance of keeping him there and and suggesting tha