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In reply to the discussion: Assange has requested political asylum & is in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)about this case, so an opinion based not on facts, but on right wing media smears, is not really going to influence anything.
He HAS confronted the allegations. Did you miss that part? He did speak to the Swedish police. In fact he waited in Sweden longer than he was supposed to be there once the false story appeared in the Right wing media there, in order to talk to them. He was no hurry to leave, and when there were no charges, no restrictions on him leaving, he left. He did not run away, he continued on his journey to England, hardly a place to hide considering they have an extradition agreement with Sweden.
No one asked him to remain any longer in Sweden. Anyone giving that impression in any media, is either lying, or too lazy to bother uncovering the facts.
'Believe' what you choose to believe, I believe the facts.