Ecuador To Set Date For Julian Assange To Be Questioned By Sweden

[DonViejo]

Source: Associated Press

LONDON (AP) — Ecuador said Thursday it's ready to set a date for Swedish prosecutors to question Julian Assange inside its London embassy — a potential breakthrough in the years-long international impasse over the WikiLeaks founder.

Assange is wanted for questioning by Swedish police over a rape allegation stemming from his visit to the country in 2010. He has not been charged and denies the rape claim and other allegations made against him by two women. In June 2012, he sought shelter in Ecuador's embassy in the British capital and has been holed up there ever since.

Ecuador announced last year that it had agreed to a Swedish proposal to interview Assange at the embassy, but no interview has taken place. Ecuador's Foreign Ministry said in a statement that a date for the questioning in the embassy would be set "in the coming weeks."

Swedish Prosecution Authority spokeswoman Karin Rosander said Sweden handed over a formal request to interview Assange in January, and a reminder in June, and received Ecuador's reply on Tuesday.

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[Zorro]

1. Julian must be wearing out his welcome

[snooper2]

3. They are tired of him eating all the donuts in the morning, and he is showering just once a week

been a very bad house guest LOL

[misterhighwasted]

2. "Assange fears.." Ya think Julian Assange???!!

Assange, 45, fears that if he is extradited to Sweden he will be sent to the United States to be prosecuted for WikiLeaks' publication of secret documents, including reams of U.S. diplomatic cables.

Crooked Assange..
May justice prevail..& may he end up in the USA that he despises so much.

[Zorro]

4. Julian is a bail jumper

He's not walking out of the embassy a free man, no matter what the outcome is of the Swedish interview.

[Recursion]

5. Except DoJ has said they have no indication he broke any laws

Running a website where leakers dump classified intel isn't a crime, and the US isn't seeking his extradition.

[bananakabob]

7. He is actively conspiring with Russia to disrupt democratic elections.

[randome]

8. Well, he's Australian and even Australia hasn't come to his defense.

His 'fears' are just part of his incessant need to play the hero as a means to excuse his personal failings.
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[bananakabob]

6. Nothing would make me happier

Then to see Julian Assange live the rest of his life behind bars, broke and penniless.

[question everything]

9. Why did Ecuador give him sanctuary, in the first place?

What is it for them?

[hack89]

10. A way to poke America in the eye. Nothing more. nt