Assange says US trying to prosecute him

[Lankan Ranger]

Assange says US trying to prosecute him

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who angered Washington by releasing secret cables, said in a documentary on Sunday he faced prosecution by the United States and was disappointed with how Swedish justice had been abused.

Assange has been remanded in custody in Britain after a European arrest warrant was issued by Sweden, which wants to question Assange about allegations made by two women of sexual crimes. He has denied the allegations.

"I came to Sweden as a refugee publisher involved with an extraordinary publishing fight with the Pentagon, where people were being detained and there is an attempt to prosecute me for espionage," Assange said in an interview in the documentary, aired on Swedish public television.

"So I am unhappy and disappointed with how the Swedish justice system has been abused," the 39-year-old Australian added in the documentary, which was made before his arrest.

Assange faces a fresh British hearing on December 14. His Swedish lawyer has said he will fight extradition to Sweden.

One of his British lawyers, Jennifer Robinson, told ABC News in London on Friday that a US indictment of Assange was imminent, but the report offered no further details or comment by Robinson why she believed charges were likely to be filed.

The US Justice Department has been looking into a range of criminal charges, including violations of the 1917 Espionage Act, that could be filed in the WikiLeaks case involving the release of hundreds of confidential and classified US diplomatic cables.

WikiLeaks Assange says US trying to prosecute him

 

[ARSENAL6]

I wonder what happen to freedom of speech .

Go Assange

 

[SpArK]

WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange seeks bail in UK court​

Lawyers for Julian Assange, held in Britain over allegations of sex crimes in Sweden, will try again on Tuesday to win bail for the WikiLeaks founder who provoked US fury by publishing secret diplomatic cables.

The 39-year-old Australian handed himself in to British police last week after Sweden issued a European arrest warrant.

Assange was accused this year of sexual misconduct by two female Swedish WikiLeaks volunteers during a stay in Sweden. A Swedish prosecutor wants to question him about the accusations.

Assange, who denies the allegations, was remanded in custody at an initial British court hearing last week.

Assange and his lawyers have voiced fears that US prosecutors may be preparing to indict him for espionage after the WikiLeaks website published details of some of a trove of 250,000 secret U.S. documents it has obtained.

"I came to Sweden as a refugee publisher involved with an extraordinary publishing fight with the Pentagon, where people were being detained and there is an attempt to prosecute me for espionage," Assange said in a documentary broadcast on Swedish public television on Sunday.

The US justice department has been looking into a range of criminal charges, including violations of the 1917 Espionage Act, that could be filed in the WikiLeaks case.

A ComRes poll of 2,000 Britons for CNN found 44% believed that the sex allegations against Assange were an excuse to get him into custody so the United States could prosecute him for releasing the secret papers. The same proportion believed Britain should send Assange to Sweden to face questioning.

Forty-one percent thought Assange should not be prosecuted for releasing the cables. Thirty percent thought he should be.

The classified cables have attracted worldwide media cover, embarrassing the United States and other countries.

Internet activists launched "Operation Payback" to avenge WikiLeaks against those perceived to have obstructed its operations. They temporarily brought down the websites of credit card firms Visa and MasterCard, as well as that of the Swedish government, last week.

The activists changed tack at the weekend, saying they now aimed to publish parts of the US cables as widely as possible.

Assange's Swedish lawyer has said he would fight any attempt to extradite his client.

At last week's court hearing in London, senior district judge Howard Riddle said there were "substantial grounds" to believe Assange could abscond if granted bail.

Australian journalist John Pilger, British film director Ken Loach and Jemima Khan, former wife of Pakistani cricketer and politician Imran Khan, all offered to put up sureties to persuade the court Assange would not abscond.

Assange is alleged to have sexually molested one woman in Sweden by ignoring her request to use a condom when having sex with her. Another woman alleged Assange had sex with her without a condom while she was asleep.

Swedish prosecutors opened, then dropped, then re-opened an investigation into the allegations. The crime he is suspected of is the least severe of three categories of rape, carrying a maximum of four years in jail.


WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange seeks bail in UK court - World - DNA

 

[SpArK]

Julian Assange freed on bail - TV​

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was freed on a bail on Tuesday by the London City of Westminster Magistrates' Court, Sky News TV channel said.
Judge Howard Riddle freed Assange until the next hearing on January 11, 2011.
LONDON, December 14 (RIA Novosti)


Julian Assange freed on bail - TV | World | RIA Novosti

 

[Ras]

I wonder what happen to freedom of speech .

Go Assange

For what..for distributing stolen information?

He is a thief nothing more nothing else..who has a found loophole in that he did not do the actual stealing(the SOB responsible for that will never breath free air again) only the distributing.

 

[ChinaRocks]

Freedom of speech only when they suit america

 

[pulsar220]

now china should award its equivalent of nobel prize to assange

 

[Numba9hockey]

He would of had to known this was coming, cmon people. He released documents endangering NATO soldiers. Not that you guys care about Americans and Western forces

 

[Vassnti]

In what is perhaps a taste of his own medicine, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is angry that police reports recounting his alleged sexual assault of two women were illegally leaked to the press. The British newspaper The Guardian, which has played a hand in helping Assange distribute hundreds of stolen U.S. government cables, printed excerpts of the graphic details over the weekend.

"The leak was clearly designed to undermine my bail application. Someone in authority clearly intended to keep Julian in prison," said Assange, referring to himself in third person, during an interview with another British paper The Times.

Oh he doesnt like people leaking things to the press

 

[bluestocking]

WikiLeaks ‘Cablegate’ – motives and intents
By Mohammad Jamil

WikiLeaks ?Cablegate? ? motives and intents | PK ARTICLES HUB

 

[ARSENAL6]

For what..for distributing stolen information?

He is a thief nothing more nothing else..who has a found loophole in that he did not do the actual stealing(the SOB responsible for that will never breath free air again) only the distributing.

buts thats what CIA , CNN , FOX news and every dam media that US have, do and worst still twist the truth and lie about.
Brain washing the public
Remember 9/11 ?

Can we say that these xenophobic of authorities are thief nothing more nothing else..who has a found loophole in that they did not do the actual stealing(the SOB responsible for that will never breath free air again) only the distributing.

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

For what..for distributing stolen information?

He is a thief nothing more nothing else..who has a found loophole in that he did not do the actual stealing(the SOB responsible for that will never breath free air again) only the distributing.

Saddam Hussain also wants to know why US was not persecuted for stealing his nuclear arms secrets (or alleged nuclear arms secrets) he was actually hanged based on stolen and illegally obtained data thru spying circles no one complained about stolen secrets then

Why is US burning up now cuz they got burnt and exposed infront of whole world community for double dealing every one.

Hmm so what has Assange done anything different showed the real ugly face of national espianage and lies to general public ?

It just looks bad becasue its not sugar coated and edited by Senior Editors in news publishing groups which of course are always under pressure to censor news articles or fire anchors in US

 

[Numba9hockey]

Remember 9/11? Really?

 

[TruthSeeker]

Mr. Assange should be rendered to Cuba for a nice stay in the tropics. He deserves to enjoy rest, relaxation, three square meals a day and time to write his memoirs.

 

[pollo]

Mr. Assange should be rendered to Cuba for a nice stay in the tropics. He deserves to enjoy rest, relaxation, three square meals a day and time to write his memoirs.

It looks like it hurts you to find out and leaked by people the murderous and corrupt government you support and must live with, Assagne has shown the world the mere truth what you people are all about.