Assange to make 1st public appearance in 2 months

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http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Assange-to-make-1st-public-appearance-in-2-months-3791970.php


Ecuador's Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino, second from left, gestures after giving a news conference where he announced that Ecuador would grant asylum to WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange, in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012. The announcement comes two months after Assange took refuge in its London embassy to avoid extradition to Sweden to face questioning for alleged sexual misconduct. Photo: Dolores Ochoa / AP

LONDON (AP) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange planned to make his first public appearance Sunday since he took refuge inside Ecuador's embassy in London two months ago, seeking to avoid extradition to Sweden for questioning over sexual misconduct allegations.
Kristinn Hrafnsson, a WikiLeaks spokesman, said that Assange planned to speak later to mark the two month anniversary since he took refuge inside the Latin American nation's mission on June 19, but declined to provide details on what the activist intended to say.
Assange's appearance will provide his first comment since Ecuador on Thursday granted him diplomatic asylum, a move Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa said was aimed at sheltering the 41-year-old Australian from any future attempt by the United States to prosecute the activist over his WikiLeaks work.
Britain has said it will not grant Assange safe passage out of the U.K., insisting that it must follow the law and deliver him to Sweden on a binding European arrest warrant.


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1. Assange Open To Deal With No U.S. Extradition, Sunday Times Says

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-08-19/assange-open-to-deal-with-no-u-s-extradition-sunday-times-says.html

Julian Assange is willing to face charges in Sweden providing he received guarantees he won’t be extradited to the U.S., the Sunday Times said, citing the WikiLeaks founder’s colleague Kristinn Hrafnsson.
Such an agreement with assurances from the Swedish and U.K. authorities would be a basis for negotiations, Hrafnsson said, according to the newspaper. Assange is due to make a public statement outside the Ecuadorean embassy in London, where he has sought asylum, the Sunday Times said.
To contact the reporter on this story: Paul Dobson in London at [e-mail]
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Daniel Tilles at [e-mail]

[CabCurious]

2. He sure does love the attention...

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3. ...

[randome]

4. Pussy Riot did their fighting in the open.

Although I don't doubt they would do what was possible to avoid jail time, too. But they knew the possible consequences of their actions and accepted them.

It's an interesting comparison, maybe.

[Ichingcarpenter]

6. false dichotomy

and anyone can see through that loss of logic.

[Ichingcarpenter]

5. Live video Feed from London.... hundreds of people.

link:
http://occupylondon.org.uk/livestream

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7. +1

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8. ...

Anticipation is building outside the embassy, where the Guardian's Luke Harding has a clear view of the balcony where Julian Assange is expected to appear.

Luke Harding@lukeharding1968
Microphone appears on balcony of Ecuador embassy. Assange due any minute