Lawyer: 'Assange could leave embassy this year'

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Published: 31 Mar 2016 07:06 GMT+02:00

... “We hope and we want and we believe that we will manage that,” lawyer Baltasar Garzon,a high-profile Spanish judge, told the AFP news agency ... He did not give details on why he thought Assange's departure from the embassy was forthcoming, or under what conditions an exit would occur ...

http://www.thelocal.se/20160331/lawyer-assange-could-leave-embassy-this-year

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1. Julian Assange: I'll stay in embassy even if Swedish charges dropped (June 2013)

http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-06/19/assange-staying-in-embassy

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2. Julian Assange says he will leave Ecuadorian embassy soon (August 2014)

http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/aug/18/julian-assange-leave-ecuadorian-embassy

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3. Julian Assange backtracks on plan to leave Ecuadorean Embassy(August 2014)

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/julian-assange-prepares-leave-ecuadorean-embassy-article-1.1906967

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4. Assange to remain at London embassy until US WikiLeaks investigation ends (Mar 2015)

http://www.australiantimes.co.uk/assange-to-remain-at-london-embassy-until-us-wikileaks-investigation-ends/

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5. Julian Assange claims he'll be killed by CIA DRONE if he leaves embassy (Aug 2015)

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/601672/Julian-Assange-Wikileaks-drone-attack-assassination-balcony

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6. Secret Memos Reveal Julian Assange’s Escape Plans From Ecuador’s Embassy (Sept 2015)

http://www.buzzfeed.com/jamesball/mr-white-and-mr-blue#.ijbgqoKD7W

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7. Ecuador asks U.K. to let Julian Assange leave embassy briefly (Oct 2015)

http://globalnews.ca/news/2277909/ecuador-asks-u-k-to-let-julian-assange-leave-embassy-briefly/

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8. Julian Assange Cannot Leave the Ecuadorean Embassy (Oct 2015)

http://time.com/4074417/assange-shoulder-injury-scan-london-ecuador-embassy/

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9. I bet the embassy staff would love to see him leave.

As Ben Franklin said, "Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days."

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11. Someone's leaving Ecuador's embassy ... but it's not Julian Assange

Kevin Rawlinson
Saturday 8 June 2013

... Ecuador is understood to be desperate to negotiate a way for Mr Assange to quit its embassy amicably and is growing frustrated with the lack of progress. Quito sources said they believe Britain is happy to leave Mr Assange marooned.

At a meeting last Tuesday between Ms Alban and Hugo Swire, the Foreign Office minister responsible for Latin America, Ms Alban is said to have asked: "What are we going to do about the stone in the shoe?"

Mr Swire's response, according to a source who was in the room, was: "Not my stone, not my shoe" ...

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/ios-exclusive-someones-leaving-ecuadors-embassy-but-its-not-julian-assange-8650773.html

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12. "Not my stone, not my shoe", very true.

Mr Swire represents the British government. Mr Assange is a guest in Ecuador, if an embassy is thought to be part of the country it represents. So, not his shoe.

Mr Assange is Australian, not British. So, not his stone.

I don't know why Britain would care about Mr Assange's whereabouts.

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10. That's just what I thought when I saw this: hasn't this been said for two years or so?

"We hope and we want and we believe {and we pray for this buffoon to get the hell out of here}..."

What a tremendous farce Assange has made of his life.
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