Return of the head of Wikileaks. 3 years hiding in the embassy … – Virtual Poland

Return of the head of Wikileaks. 3 years hiding in the embassy … – Virtual Poland

The creator of WikiLeaks Julian Assange can be heard in the UK. After three years of denials unexpectedly agreed to a Swedish prosecutor’s office. In addition, the Swedes also gets permission to download from Assange DNA samples.
 

The matter is complicated by the fact that Stockholm has yet to obtain the consent of Ecuador that these activities took place in the London embassy of the country. It was there, in June 2012, Assange is hiding before the British police and the Swedish justice. Julian Assange is an Australian citizen, creator of WikiLeaks, which in 2010 revealed 90,000 stolen, confidential documents of NATO and the United States concerning, inter alia, the war in Afghanistan.

Assange in 2010. Visited Sweden. During this stay, two Swedish women accused him of committing crimes of a sexual nature. Criminal investigation soon turned into a political issue. Assange fled to Britain, claiming to be the victim of the CIA provocation. If you would face a Swedish court, is, according to Swedish media – will be sentenced. Stockholm could then pass it to the US, where he faces the death penalty.
 

As the British courts to transfer przychylały Australian to Stockholm, Assange asked in June 2012 for political asylum in Ecuador and still hiding in the London embassy of the country.
 

According to observers, the Swedish firm position change of the local prosecutor’s office, who said that the hearings and study Assange can only take place in Sweden, due to the fact that the offense with which he is accused, will expire in August this year .