The Police in London threatens to storm Ecuador's embassy unless they hand over
Julian Assange.

WikiLeaks founder have taken his refugee inside the Ecuador embassy since
he have requested asylum in Ecuador. It is believed that he will be granted one
and a statement will be made today at 13.00 UK time.

Julian Assange have been wanted by the Swedish prosecution since about two years
since he is (falsely) suspected for a rape.

He is not convicted and he is not prosecuted and the Swedish prosecution have
refused to question Assange during all this time.

A short summary:

JA comes to Sweden meets two women
Anna Ardin and Sofia Wilén.

JA is invited to Sofia's apartment and they agree to have sex during the night.
The morning after Sofia went out to buy breakfast for them and then served JA breakfast on the bed.

A little while later JA was accused of rape. The case was first closed but later re-opened by another
prosecutor. JA then went to the police and was questioned once.

The only evidence is an unused condom that that SW claims that JA used that night.

Then the prosecutor didn't question him any further.
JA then wanted to leave the country and asked if they needed to question him any further.
The answer was no and JA left the country. However as soon as he left the country
he was put up on Interpol's list of wanted by the Swedish prosecutor.

JA later walked into a Police station in London and was arrested.

After several negotiations in British court the supreme court in the UK decided that he should
be handed over to Swedish prosecution. After this JA took refugee in the Ecuador embassy.

JA fears (rightly imo) that if he is transferred to Sweden
they will not bother to open a prosecution but instead hand him over to
the USA where he will be "prosecuted" in the same way as Bradley Manning.

Why go as a far as storming an Embassy to arrest someone who
isn't even prosecuted? Would they have done the same if the suspect would
have been an average Joe?

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