Embassy ofthe United States of America

 

Stockholm, Sweden
July 31, 2019

Prosecution Authority of the Kingdom of Sweden:

On behalf of the US. Government, I present my compliments to the
Prosecution Authority of the Kingdom of Sweden and with respect to the
upcoming legal proceedings in the case of detained American citizens Rakim
Mayer?s, David Rispers, and Bladimir Corniel, the US. Government requests the
following:

Immediate humanitarian release from the current Kronoberg Remand Prison
Supervised detention in a local Stockholm hotel pending ?nal disposition of the
case

I take this opportunity to remind the Prosecution Authority of the
commitment by President Trump to Prime Minister Stefan Lovfen that the three
Americans will remain in Sweden if granted a humanitarian release.

As Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs, I stressed to the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Justice officials on July 29, 2019, the
government of the United States of America wants to resolve this case as soon as
possible to avoid potentially negative consequences to the U.S.~Swedish bilateral
relationship.

I avail myself of this opportunity to renew to the Prosecution Authority of the
Kingdom of Sweden the assurances of my highest consideration.

Very truly yours,

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Ambassador Robert O?Brien
Special Presidential Envoy

The Prosecution Authority of Sweden,

Stockholm.

 

 

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Ambassador Robert O?Brien
Special Presidential Envoy

Dear Mr. Ambassador

I have received Your letter and carefully taken part of Your concerns and
requests regarding the American citizens and the case You are referring to.

According to the Swedish Constitution, 21 Swedish prosecutor is independent in
his or her tasks to investigate crimes, to decide whether or not to instigate legal
proceedings and to appear in court.

This means that no other prosecutor, not even I, may interfere with a speci?c
case or try to affect the prosecutor responsible for the case in how he or she
should decide or otherwise act with regard to the case.

Furthermore, when a person is charged and. the case is brought before a court,
only the court can decide, during or after the trial, whether or not to release the
person or decide on supervised detention.

I ?illy respect Your commitment in representing Your citiz--s but- as I Lave
explained above, I am unable to and therefore not take any action to
accommodate Your requests.

Yours sincerely,

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Petra Lundh
Prosecutor?General of Sweden

Stockhoim, August I, 2019

 

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