London – WikiLeaks’ Assange Agrees To London Questioning

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    (FILE) A file picture dated 19 August 2012 of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange giving a thumbs up on the balcony inside the Ecuador Embassy where he has sought political asylum in London, Britain. (EPA/KERIM OKTEN)London – Julian Assange has agreed to be questioned at Ecuador’s London embassy over allegations of sexual assault, his Swedish lawyer said on Thursday.

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    The WikiLeaks founder has been holed up inside the embassy since June 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden over allegations he assaulted two women in 2010. He denies the allegations.

    Swedish prosecutors said last month they wanted to question Assange in London, backing down from a previous demand it happen in Sweden. Assange’s lawyers had welcomed the request but had up until now not formally agreed to the arrangement.

    “Now we await further word (from prosecutors),” Thomas Olsson, Assange’s lawyer, told Reuters, adding that he expected prosecutors to get in touch to sort out the details.

    The Australian has said he fears that if Britain extradites him to Sweden he would then be extradited to the United States where he could be tried for one of the largest information leaks in U.S. history after publishing U.S. military and diplomatic documents five years ago.‎


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