Inside Julian Assange's Embassy Refuge to Talk WikiLeaks

[Camilo]

Snowden and Winning Freedom

https://youtu.be/BzEOrRaYdd8 (47 min)

Published on 07/10/2014

2014 Democracy Now! In a Democracy Now! special, we go inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London to interview Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. He has been holed up there for more than two years, having received political asylum. He faces investigations in both Sweden and the United States. In the U.S., a secret grand jury is investigating WikiLeaks for its role in publishing a trove of leaked documents about the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, as well as classified State Department cables. In Sweden, Assange is wanted for questioning on allegations of sexual misconduct, though no charges have been filed. Late last week, there was the first break in the latter case in two years, when a Swedish court announced it would hold a hearing on July 16 about a request by his lawyers for prosecutors to hand over new evidence and withdraw the arrest warrant. In the first of a two-part interview, Assange discusses his new legal bid in Sweden, the ongoing grand jury probe in the United States, and WikiLeaks' efforts to assist National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden.

[ponda]

Interesting interview Camilo.Thanks for posting.

Here's part two

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=WVMe9bdrau4

[Cidersomerset]

13 March 2015 Last updated at 11:39

ulian Assange case: Sweden U-turn on questioningJulian Assange - August 2014




Prosecutors want to question Mr Assange over allegations by two women

Swedish prosecutors have offered to travel to London to question Wikileaks
founder Julian Assange over sex assault allegations.Prosecutors had previously
insisted on questioning Mr Assange in Sweden, after seeking his arrest in 2010.

Mr Assange denies the assault claims and has been living at the Ecuadorean
embassy in London since 2012.He fears that if he is sent to Sweden he could
then be extradited to the US to face charges over leaking material.

A lawyer for Mr Assange, Per Samuelson, welcomed the move. "He is willing
to co-operate fully now in conducting this interrogation - this is a great victory
for him," he told the BBC World Service.

"We've been waiting for this for over four years."

The lead Swedish prosecutor explained the change of strategy by saying some
potential charges against Mr Assange would expire under the statute of
limitations in August.

"My view has always been that to perform an interview with him at the
Ecuadorean embassy in London would lower the quality of the interview,
" Marianne Ny said in a statement.

"Now that time is of the essence, I have viewed it therefore necessary to
accept such deficiencies in the investigation and likewise take the risk that
the interview does not move the case forward."


Analysis: Maddy Savage, Stockholm

Swedish prosecutor Marianne Ny has long resisted questioning Julian Assange
in London, arguing that it would lower the quality of her interviews and insisting
that he should be flown to Stockholm instead.

But the clock is ticking because under Swedish law there is a time limit for
investigating some offences. In Mr Assange's case, prosecutors only have
until August 2015 to question him about some of the allegations, although
they have until 2020 to investigate the most serious alleged rape offence.

It remains unclear how Friday's move affects Julian Assange's battle in
Sweden's Supreme Court, which earlier this week agreed to hear the
Wikileaks founder's appeal to have the European arrest warrant against
him lifted, as he continues to fight extradition to Sweden.

This case has had a relatively low profile in the Swedish press. Sweden
has a strong emphasis on privacy and journalists rarely name criminal
suspects. But news of his possible questioning in London is now
dominating headlines here.

Maddy Savage is editor of The Local Sweden


Mr Assange - an Australian journalist and activist - has not been formally
charged, but prosecutors want to question him over allegations of rape
and sexual misconduct made by two women he met during a trip to
Sweden in August 2010.

Ms Ny said she had made a request to Mr Assange's legal team to take a
DNA sample from him in London, as well as conducting questioning. Mr
Samuelson said that request would need to be discussed, since his client
had already left a DNA sample with UK police in 2010. Julian Assange
gives a speech from a balcony at the Ecuadorean embassy, August 2012



Mr Assange has made several speeches from one of the Ecuadorean embassy's balconies



Julian Assange on a video link to a human rights conference in Barcelona He
has also spoken to international conferences via video link Ecuador offered
Mr Assange asylum in August 2012, shortly after he sought refuge at the
country's embassy in London. In November a Swedish appeals court upheld
the warrant for his arrest, but criticised prosecutors for not making enough
effort to explore "alternative avenues" for interrogating Mr Assange.

If he was extradited, he would be detained upon arrival in Sweden.

Mr Samuelson said leaving the embassy and travelling to Sweden still presented
a risk for Mr Assange."If he leaves he loses his political immunity... he stands
to end up in an American prison for 35, 40 years," he said.

However, legal experts have pointed out several obstacles any extradition and
subsequent prosecution in the US would have to overcome.

Wikileaks has published thousands of secret documents, which have caused
intense embarrassment for the US and lifted the lid on diplomatic relations.

Mr Assange, 43, co-founded the website in 2006.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-31867829

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Julian Assange lawyer: 'This is a great victory'

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=t3-yRbfmtxU

Published on 13 Mar 2015


Swedish prosecutors have offered to travel to London to question Wikileaks founder
Julian Assange over sex assault allegations.Sweden sought Mr Assange's arrest in
2010. Prosecutors had previously insisted on questioning him in Sweden. Mr
Assange denies the assault claims and has been living at the Ecuadorean embassy
in London since 2012.

He fears that if he is sent to Sweden he could then be extradited to the US to face
charges over leaking material.A lawyer for Mr Assange, Per Samuelson, welcomed
the move, describing it as a chance for Mr Assange to clear his name.

[Cidersomerset]

Assange Says Swedish Prosecutors Questioning Him in London A "Victory" - Lawyer

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=X94-4UaUI1A

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Julian Assange lawyer 'This is a great victory'

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=sVRqyl-Sbms

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Swedish prosecutors ready to question Assange in London

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=VqmlMZNejRs

Published on 13 Mar 2015


Swedish prosecutors have offered to question Julian Assange in London - where he
is currently holed up at the Ecuadorian embassy. The whistleblower is wanted in
Sweden on sex assault charges, which he denies.

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[jackovesk]

After much (Internal Debate) Julian Assange is just a ((Minnow of Deception)) who is playing his ((Controlled Part)) in seemingless and boring game of (Cat & Mouse)...

I'm amazed others haven't seen through Assange's ((Puppet Role)) in the NWO's ((Never Ending)) Big-Game of Deception...

[jake gittes]

Agree Jackovesk. It's for show - controlled op.

[Flash]

I have a real hard time conceiving that someone wouuld be in house arrest for 2 years (in the embassy ) basically a prisoner risking 40 years in prison in the US as well and be an secret agent or serving his masters. Unless he had a huge service to repay and yet .... Why would someone accept this faith?

[jackovesk]

Posted by Flash (here)
I have a real hard time conceiving that someone wouuld be in house arrest for 2 years (in the embassy ) basically a prisoner risking 40 years in prison in the US as well and be an secret agent or serving his masters. Unless he had a huge service to repay and yet .... Why would someone accept this faith?

Flash, you've got some homework to do...

Have a good look into the people that ((SURROUND)) Julian and you might reach the same conclusion I did...

...and that is, JA is nothing more than another ((Puppet)) in the Punch & Judy Show...

PS - Not to forget Assange's political aspirations...!!!

PSS - Have you asked yourself the Question as to WHY? such a Huge ((MSM Media SCRUM)) for such an infamous person...

PSSS - And finally...

Ask yourself Honestly - ((What has JA actually done...???)) Anything of any real significance...

[Omni]

Posted by Flash (here)
I have a real hard time conceiving that someone wouuld be in house arrest for 2 years (in the embassy ) basically a prisoner risking 40 years in prison in the US as well and be an secret agent or serving his masters. Unless he had a huge service to repay and yet .... Why would someone accept this faith?

I agree flash. I think Assange is mind controlled to some degree(like on the 9-11 issue), but isn't a complicit agent by any means in my estimations. I haven't lost my heart for Assange. I think he has been through a lot of targeting. Sure he's kind of dense sometimes, or says what TPTB want him to say(like 9-11 stuff). But essentially he is an enemy of the state. I wouldn't want him to be locked up for 40 years. It would be a loss for freedom on earth IMO.

[sigma6]

I hope he reviews each question with a 20 minute conference with his lawyer before he answers... lol

and sometimes I wonder if the conspiracy stuff about him being a "plant" is true...
if that is the case that would make him like a double agent, planted right inside the government embassy of a country,
the US is eager to infiltrate... just a crazy idea...