The Court of Appeal rejected the request for the lifting of Julian Assange arrest warrant – issued by a lower court. The Court of Appeal reasoned that the founder of Wikileaks is suspected of having committed the crime of serious nature and there is a great risk that try to avoid legal procedures if an arrest warrant was lifted.
The court advised the prosecution that led to the questioning of Assange on area of the Ecuadorian embassy in London, where the famous whistleblower for two years hiding from justice in order to avoid arrest and extradition to Sweden, where it incumbent on suspicion of raping two women.
A formal indictment is not there, but Swedish prosecutors calls for a questioning of the suspect.
He denies everything. He says it’s part of a campaign of denigration of his person – in retaliation for his disclosure of secret documents of various countries, including the United States.
The Government of Ecuador said Assange asylum in 2012 – after the British Supreme Court refused reconsider its appeal ws. extradited.
Julian Assange
WikiLeaks founder reiterates that does not want to release into the hands of the Swedish authorities, not because he is afraid of the judgment of the Swedish court, but in fear the possibility of extradition to the United States, pursuing him for revealing US government secrets.
The 43-year-old Australian has been accused of actions detrimental to the security of the United States – in connection with the publication in late 2010 by WikiLeaks of thousands of secret US dispatches diplomatic missions.
Assange fears not without reason. US soldier Chelsea Manning, formerly known as Bradley Manning (transsexual), was sentenced in the US to 35 years in prison – for the transfer of secret documents portal WikiLeaks.
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As he said in August, a spokesman for Assange, he leaves the embassy only if the British government “revokes its external lock.” In the current situation because Assange would be arrested immediately because of a violation of conditions under which he was released from custody on bail.
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The Court of Appeal upholds Julian Assange arrest warrant … – Polish Radio
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