Julian Assange defies British Government to make statement from balcony of Ecuadorian embassy
Julian Assange, the Wikileaks founder, is set to defy the British Government as he makes a dramatic public statement on the balcony of the Ecuadorian embassy in London.
Mr Assange, 41, was due to make his first public statement this afternoon, two months after he walked into the central London building seeking asylum.
Australian–born Mr Assange is facing extradition to Sweden, where he is accused of the sexual assault of two women, which he denies.
Mr Assange remains at the centre of a diplomatic row involving six countries on five continents, having skipped bail to avoid extradition.
He is currently in the Ecuadorean embassy in London, which, under the terms of the Vienna Convention, British police cannot enter.
His legal adviser Balthasar Garcon emerged from the Ecuadorian embassy in London and said: "I have spoken to Julian Assange and I can tell you he is in fighting spirits and he is thankful to the people of Ecuador and especially to the president for granting asylum.
"Julian Assange has always fought for truth and justice and has defended human rights and continues to do so.
"He demands that WikiLeaks and his own rights be respected.
"Julian Assange has instructed his lawyers to carry out a legal action in order to protect the rights of WikiLeaks, Julian himself and all those currently being investigated."
Mr Asaange, a former computer hacker, was granted political asylum by Ecuador after its ministers agreed he was facing persecution and the possible death penalty in the United States.
But he remains holed up in the embassy in Knightsbridge, surrounded by police who want to arrest him for breaching his bail conditions.
He is due to make a "live" statement at 2pm on Sunday but faces arrest if he leaves his haven to make his public comments.
Wikileaks officials declined to disclose what he will say or where he will speak from.
Embassy workers could be seen opening windows to a balcony and were heard to be testing microphones, prompting speculation the statement will be made from the first floor.
Asked how the public statement will be made, a Wikileaks spokesman said: "I cannot go into details of that for security reasons."
But Mr Assange could be seized if it is deemed he has stepped outside the embassy's diplomatically protected area.
On Sunday a heavy police presence could be seen on the streets of Knightsbridge as dozens of officers, aided by helicopters overhead, sought to maintain calm.
A huge scrum of press had also gathered outside the embassy, behind Harrods, as the world's media waited for the Australian in the blazing sun.
Dozens of reporters, photographers and television crews were barricaded in metal pens directly opposite the building.
A small number of supporters had gathered alongside while scores of tourists and onlookers stopped to take pictures of the extraordinary scenes.
"It reminds me of Evita about to address the people," one onlooker remarked.
William Hague, the Foreign Secretary, said the Australian would not be allowed to fly to his newly adopted country and must answer rape allegations in Sweden.
The case has provoked a diplomatic stalemate between London, which has said it was "disappointed" by the long–awaited decision, and Quito, which has accused Britain of threatening to storm the building to seize Mr Assange.
The saga has been going on for almost two years, since Mr Assange was accused of raping and sexually assaulting two women on a visit to Sweden where he was promoting his whistle–blowing website.
He was arrested in London in 2010 but fought extradition to Sweden all the way to the Supreme Court, fearing it was a pretext for him to be sent to the US where the authorities were incensed by his release of thousands of confidential diplomatic cables.
After the court rejected his last appeal in June, Mr. Assange walked into the embassy and applied for political asylum.
When he refused to come out, he broke his bail terms, becoming liable for arrest.
The Wikileaks spokesman said the group wanted guarantees from the Swedish government that it would not extradite Mr Assange to the United States.
"It would be a good basis to negotiate a way to end this matter if the Swedish authorities would declare without reservation that Julian would never be extradited from Sweden to the USA," he said.
Ricardo Patino, Ecuador's foreign minister, has said Mr Assange fears "repression and intimidation" if sent to Sweden.
But Sweden's foreign minister has accused his Ecuadoran counterpart of living in a "fantasy world" for granting political asylum to Mr Assange.
Carl Bildt described suggestions by Ecuador that Mr Assange was subject to political persecution and might be sent by Sweden to face prosecution in the United States over the website's activities as "grave accusations".
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Julian Assange may have been getting close to getting documents, or already got them, for Drake and the U.S. Military to take down the Cabal, but he was caught, so they Framed him for "the sexual assault of two women, which he denies."
Maybe that was like the Rumor of JFK having sex with Marilyn Monroe and they had to keep her quiet as it wasn't time yet to take down JFK.
http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/notorious_murders/celebrity/marilyn_monroe/6.html
Now the Cabal is trying to take down Julian Assange to keep themselves afloat as that must have been very important info he got.
Maybe the U.S. Military also told him to hold on a bit as they had to do other things first.
That explains it!!! If Drake was involved is saving Julian Assange, specially "with the help of the Military" Julian was better off trying to save himself anyway he could as Drakes predictions of events, dates, datelines, etc., has NEVER materialized. DRAKE CLAIMS THAT THE MILITARY IS WITH THE PEOPLE IS A BIG LIE!!!!
THE MILITARY HAS NEVER BEEN ON OUR SIDE!!! TIM TURNER AND OTHERS HAVE CLAIMED THE SAME ALLIANCE AND IT HAS BEEN PROVEN TO BE A LIE!!! THE GOVERNMENT PAYS AND CONTROL THE MILITARY. JULIAN KNOWS THIS AND THAT IS THE REASON HE SEEKED ASYLUM AT THE ECUADORIAN EMBASSY, Than God he still have a functioning brain!!! If he was waiting for Drake he will be in some obscure dungeon in the great USA by now!
KUDOS TO THE ECUATORIAN GOVERNMENT, DON'T LET THOSE UK BULLIES INTIMIDATE YOU!!!
People listen to this: I have several friends with kids in different branches of the MILITARY. None of my friends are involved on any of the "freedom" movements, dinar, first contact, etc,. My friend that have a daughter stationed in AK (she, (her daughter) is in the medical field) call me to tell me her daughter had called, and in the conversation her daughter said something very disturbing: She said after having a few meetings with their superiors in the past few months she and some of her friends had a meeting themselves and decided that if they were to received orders to shoot on the population they were NOT going to do it, they would rather just leave the military than kill innocent civilians.
I got more or less the same story from my friend who's son is in the Army stationed in a different part of the Country.
The son of another friend had himself discharged (It took him over a year) he told his parents he couldn't talk about his "real" reasons openly but he was convinced if people knew what is in store for them, this Country will be storming in every government office, taking all the politicians and hanging them.
When I heard Drake talking about how the Military is with the people I know is not true, just like anything else he talks about.
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