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Is Julian Assange alive? Have the FBI
infiltrated WikiLeaks? They are the two questions trending on the web since the
release of the Podesta emails, Assange’s silence since early November have
ramped up the speculation with many fearing the WikiLeaks founder dead.
However a Tweet allegedly from Julian
Assange this morning claiming he is innocent of rape accusations by the Swedish
government would suggest he is very much alive.
RT reports: WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange
has released his full testimony to Swedish prosecutors for the first time,
saying he is ‘entirely innocent’ regarding sexual assault claims. He has spent
four years inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London to avoid arrest.
It is the first time he has gone public
with his version of events surrounding the rape allegation for which he was
first arrested in 2010.
His statement includes detailed accounts of
what he calls “consensual and enjoyable” sex with a woman known as ‘SW,’ which
he says occurred four or five times.
Assange says text messages between him and
SW prove the sex was consensual.
In his 19-page statement, Assange says he
has been subjected to “six years of unlawful, politicized detention without
charge.”
He says he has been subjected to “cruel,
inhumane and degrading treatment” and denied effective legal representation in
the process.
“I want people to know the truth about how
abusive this process has been,” he said.
“Furthermore, in the past the prosecution
has fed partial information to tabloids that politically oppose me.
“It is better that my statement, which I am
happy with, and which it makes it obvious to all that I am innocent, sees the
light in full.”
Assange is accused of initiating sex with
SW while she was asleep. Under Swedish law, this constitutes rape. Assange says
he has a text message sent by SW showing this did not happen.
The text messages include:
On August 14, 2010, SW wrote to a friend:
“I want him, I want him.”
On August 17, she wrote to a friend that
the pair had long foreplay, but nothing happened. She later wrote that after
sex had occurred, that it “turned out alright” other than the pregnancy and STD
risk.
On August 20, SW, while at the police
station, wrote that she “did not want to put any charges on Julian Assange,”
but that the police were “keen on getting their hands on him.”
On August 21, she wrote that she “did not
want to accuse” Assange “for anything. And that it was the “police who made by
the charges.”In his statement, Assange says his interview process with police
in November was “simply a ruse to tick a box to ensure the technical
possibility to indict me, irrespective of how I answer any questions.”
He says he tried to give a statement to
Swedish prosecutors for six years via various means, including in Sweden before
he left, in London via video link or in an embassy, or back in Sweden if he was
given a guarantee he would not be extradited to the US, where he fears
prosecution on an espionage-related charge.
2 comments:
If Assange was a refugee the Swedes would probably persecute the
woman for saying anything. Being good vassals of the USA they are to be commended for following orders.
reading this I feel as if the whole of Switzerland is raping my mind... I feel... mind raped... & that touches me, now I feel as if Switzerland is touching me... OMG help some body please some body help me Switzerland is touching me... I feel violated, I need to go & take a long shower with a stiff brush & scrub scrub scrub that Swiss filth off of me.
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