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He said he understood from Wikileaks spokesman Kristinn Hrafnsson he would be "leaving the embassy" after two years' refuge but gave no more details. Mr Assange is wanted for questioning over alleged sex assaults in Sweden and faces arrest if he leaves the embassy. Mr Hrafnsson later said the plan "as always" was for Mr Assange to depart when the UK "calls off the siege". "The world is not coming to an end," Mr Hrafnsson told reporters inside the embassy. "The plan, as always, is to leave as soon as the UK government decides to honour its obligations in relation to international agreements." Mr Assange, 43, faces questioning by prosecutors in Stockholm over claims made by two women in 2010. He denies the allegations and sought refuge in the Ecuadorean embassy in June 2012 shortly after the UK's Supreme Court dismissed his efforts to block his extradition.
Since then police have maintained a round-the-clock presence outside the building, in London's Knightsbridge, at a cost of £6.4m. Clive Coleman, the BBC's legal correspondent, said that nothing had changed since 2012 and Mr Assange would be arrested and extradited if he left the embassy. Speaking at the news conference, Mr Assange said: "I understand that Kristinn Hrafnsson has said that he can confirm I am leaving the embassy soon". But he added it was not because he needed medical treatment, as had been reported in some of the UK press.
'Mixed messages'
This was certainly a news conference of mixed messages. Expectations of a news-making announcement were high as a group of a dozen journalists filed into the Ecuadorean embassy. They were further fuelled by the fact that we were asked to hand over our mobile phones before entering the embassy, something which had not been the case during a similar news conference held in June to mark the two-year anniversary since Julian Assange first sought refuge. Mr Assange used this occasion to dispel "misinformation" and to make the point that he has never been charged with any offence either here or in Sweden.
But challenged by journalists to confirm or deny rumours he would leave the embassy soon, he gave a cryptic answer, quoting Wikileaks spokesman Kristinn Hrafnsson. Asked by journalists to clarify his answer, he just said: "I think I've said enough". Ecuadorean Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino on the other hand seemed to suggest Mr Assange would be in the embassy for a long time. He asked how long the Swedish judiciary could allow this situation to continue: "Five more years? Ten more years?" and lamented that there had been "no movement" since Mr Assange entered the embassy in June 2012.
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Hes a worthless Australian that needs to be in jail for about 20 years in a American prison .Assange Leaving Ecuador Embassy...
Julian Assange speaks of 'leaving' Ecuador embassy
18 August 2014 - Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has suggested he will be leaving London's Ecuadorean embassy "soon".
He said he understood from Wikileaks spokesman Kristinn Hrafnsson he would be "leaving the embassy" after two years' refuge but gave no more details. Mr Assange is wanted for questioning over alleged sex assaults in Sweden and faces arrest if he leaves the embassy. Mr Hrafnsson later said the plan "as always" was for Mr Assange to depart when the UK "calls off the siege". "The world is not coming to an end," Mr Hrafnsson told reporters inside the embassy. "The plan, as always, is to leave as soon as the UK government decides to honour its obligations in relation to international agreements." Mr Assange, 43, faces questioning by prosecutors in Stockholm over claims made by two women in 2010. He denies the allegations and sought refuge in the Ecuadorean embassy in June 2012 shortly after the UK's Supreme Court dismissed his efforts to block his extradition.
Since then police have maintained a round-the-clock presence outside the building, in London's Knightsbridge, at a cost of £6.4m. Clive Coleman, the BBC's legal correspondent, said that nothing had changed since 2012 and Mr Assange would be arrested and extradited if he left the embassy. Speaking at the news conference, Mr Assange said: "I understand that Kristinn Hrafnsson has said that he can confirm I am leaving the embassy soon". But he added it was not because he needed medical treatment, as had been reported in some of the UK press.
'Mixed messages'
This was certainly a news conference of mixed messages. Expectations of a news-making announcement were high as a group of a dozen journalists filed into the Ecuadorean embassy. They were further fuelled by the fact that we were asked to hand over our mobile phones before entering the embassy, something which had not been the case during a similar news conference held in June to mark the two-year anniversary since Julian Assange first sought refuge. Mr Assange used this occasion to dispel "misinformation" and to make the point that he has never been charged with any offence either here or in Sweden.
But challenged by journalists to confirm or deny rumours he would leave the embassy soon, he gave a cryptic answer, quoting Wikileaks spokesman Kristinn Hrafnsson. Asked by journalists to clarify his answer, he just said: "I think I've said enough". Ecuadorean Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino on the other hand seemed to suggest Mr Assange would be in the embassy for a long time. He asked how long the Swedish judiciary could allow this situation to continue: "Five more years? Ten more years?" and lamented that there had been "no movement" since Mr Assange entered the embassy in June 2012.
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you do know its a fascist act to jail journalist???Hes a worthless Australian that needs to be in jail for about 20 years in a American prison .Assange Leaving Ecuador Embassy...
Julian Assange speaks of 'leaving' Ecuador embassy
18 August 2014 - Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has suggested he will be leaving London's Ecuadorean embassy "soon".
He said he understood from Wikileaks spokesman Kristinn Hrafnsson he would be "leaving the embassy" after two years' refuge but gave no more details. Mr Assange is wanted for questioning over alleged sex assaults in Sweden and faces arrest if he leaves the embassy. Mr Hrafnsson later said the plan "as always" was for Mr Assange to depart when the UK "calls off the siege". "The world is not coming to an end," Mr Hrafnsson told reporters inside the embassy. "The plan, as always, is to leave as soon as the UK government decides to honour its obligations in relation to international agreements." Mr Assange, 43, faces questioning by prosecutors in Stockholm over claims made by two women in 2010. He denies the allegations and sought refuge in the Ecuadorean embassy in June 2012 shortly after the UK's Supreme Court dismissed his efforts to block his extradition.
Since then police have maintained a round-the-clock presence outside the building, in London's Knightsbridge, at a cost of £6.4m. Clive Coleman, the BBC's legal correspondent, said that nothing had changed since 2012 and Mr Assange would be arrested and extradited if he left the embassy. Speaking at the news conference, Mr Assange said: "I understand that Kristinn Hrafnsson has said that he can confirm I am leaving the embassy soon". But he added it was not because he needed medical treatment, as had been reported in some of the UK press.
'Mixed messages'
This was certainly a news conference of mixed messages. Expectations of a news-making announcement were high as a group of a dozen journalists filed into the Ecuadorean embassy. They were further fuelled by the fact that we were asked to hand over our mobile phones before entering the embassy, something which had not been the case during a similar news conference held in June to mark the two-year anniversary since Julian Assange first sought refuge. Mr Assange used this occasion to dispel "misinformation" and to make the point that he has never been charged with any offence either here or in Sweden.
But challenged by journalists to confirm or deny rumours he would leave the embassy soon, he gave a cryptic answer, quoting Wikileaks spokesman Kristinn Hrafnsson. Asked by journalists to clarify his answer, he just said: "I think I've said enough". Ecuadorean Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino on the other hand seemed to suggest Mr Assange would be in the embassy for a long time. He asked how long the Swedish judiciary could allow this situation to continue: "Five more years? Ten more years?" and lamented that there had been "no movement" since Mr Assange entered the embassy in June 2012.
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Hes a coward thats why he has been hiding.
After prison I hope his bing hole is the size of a tea cup
