Julian Assange to be interviewed by prosecutor and Swedish police at Ecuadorean embassy in London

[Grey Lemercier]

Source: The Independent UK

Julian Assange will be interviewed at the Ecuadorean embassy in London on Monday 14 November, the Swedish prosecutor has said. The interview will be conducted by an Ecuadorean prosecutor and the Swedish deputy prosecutor in the case against the WikiLeaks founder and a Swedish police investigator will be allowed to attend the hearing. A DNA sample will also be taken if Mr Assange agrees to give his consent.

The results of the interview will later be reported from Ecuador to the Swedish prosecutors in a written statement," a statement from the Swedish Prosecution Authority said. "After this report, the prosecutors will take a view on the continuation of the investigation."

It adds: "As the investigation is ongoing, it is subject to confidentiality." "Therefore, the prosecutors cannot provide information concerning details of the investigation after the interview." Mr Assange is under investigation by prosecutors for an alleged rape during his visit to Sweden in 2010. He denies the rape allegation and has challenged Sweden's detention order several times.

His request to leave the Ecuadorean embassy to attend the funeral of his friend and mentor Gavin MacFayden was recently blocked. The Swedish prosecutor’s office announced it would not suspend the warrant as it does not allow exemptions to a court decision. Mr Assange has been holed up in the Ecuadorean embassy since June 2012, after exhausting all legal options in his battle against extradition to Sweden.

Read more: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/julian-assange-police-ecuadorean-embassy-interview-rape-charges-a7402056.html

[JHan]

1. hehehehehe

[Mr. A]

3. Lock him up!

[cstanleytech]

4. I suspect if they had suspended the warrant that he would probably be on a plane to

Russia or some other country that isnt likely to extradite him to Sweden.

[yardwork]

6. I agree. And that tells me that he no longer trusts Ecuador to protect him.

[paleotn]

5. Put the screws to Ecuadore

...force them to give him up. Sweden can wait until the US is done with him. They shouldn't hold their breath.

[Grey Lemercier]

8. The US has never charged him with any crime, there is no US warrant for

his arrest, so he cannot be legally extradited to America.

He rationale the whole time is that the CIA will illegally snatch him.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/julian-assange-unlikely-to-face-us-charges-over-publishing-classified-documents/2013/11/25/dd27decc-55f1-11e3-8304-caf30787c0a9_story.html

[msanthrope]

7. I'll believe it when I see it. nt