Sweden drops alleged rape investigation against Julian Assange of WikiLeaks

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Supporters of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange demonstrate in front of presidential palace regarding his Ecuadorian citizenship, in Quito, Ecuador, Oct. 31, 2018. (Reuters)

By Karla Adam

 

 
November 19, 2019 at 8:57 AM EST

 LONDON — Swedish prosecutors on Tuesday announced that the investigation into the alleged rape involving WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been dropped.
Eva-Marie Persson, the deputy director of public prosecution, said in a statement that “my overall assessment is that the evidential situation has been weakened to such an extent that that there is no longer any reason to continue the investigation.”

In 2010, Assange was accused of committing sexual offences in Sweden. A case involving an alleged rape was abandoned in 2017, but then reopened earlier this year after Assange was evicted from the Ecuador Embassy in London.

Assange is currently serving a 50-week sentence in Britain for jumping bail in 2012 and is fighting extradition to the United States, which accuses him of publishing secret documents.
Kristinn Hrafnsson, WikiLeaks editor-in-chief, said in a tweet that the focus should now shift to “the threat Mr Assange has been warning about for years: the belligerent prosecution of the United States and the threat it poses to the First Amendment.”

 

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Do you think the US will get him back?

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I don't know, but the man is innocent and needs to get a speedy trial so he can acquit himself, or be released.

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so he is free now? i mean he should be

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I don't know, but the man is innocent and needs to get a speedy trial so he can acquit himself, or be released.

I agree, they need to get it over with. They should also hurry up and give Edward Snowden a fair trial, he wants to go home already.

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This case has been prolonged far too long