Julian Assange Expected to Be Set Free Next Week

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148. Sure, they will 'attempt' to charge him with

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whatever trumped up BS they can come up with - in Sweden, a woman throwing herself at you becomes 'rape', in the US, publishing classified information from whistleblowers becomes 'data theft'.

The Swedes as well as the Americans are more than happy, of course, if they don't have to make their case in court. That doesn't mean they won't find stooges willing to do the dirty work. But why go to the trouble as long as he is confined and under constant observation?

"Mr Assange, who has been living at the Ecuadorian embassy in London for over three years after being granted political asylum, said he was "extremely disappointed" that the Swedish prosecutor has managed to "avoid" hearing his side of the story entirely."

... Labour peer and human rights lawyer Helena Kennedy, a member of the Assange legal team, said: "Why in all those five years did the Swedish prosecution authorities fail to come to London to question Assange, as was repeatedly offered?

"Julian Assange has spent more time incarcerated in the small rooms of the embassy, with no access to fresh air or exercise and contrary to international law, than he could ever spend in a Swedish prison on these allegations.

"The remaining allegation is just as unlikely to lead to conviction. The question remains whether we are dealing with incompetence or bad faith or an agenda set by other considerations. I remain unconvinced that this prosecution has been about securing justice for women."

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/julian-assange-hits-out-at-swedish-prosecutor-as-some-allegations-dropped-31448246.html

Human rights lawyer Baroness Helena Kennedy