{"id":9320,"date":"2010-12-07T14:19:16","date_gmt":"2010-12-07T11:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=9320"},"modified":"2010-12-07T14:21:33","modified_gmt":"2010-12-07T11:21:33","slug":"wikileaks-founder-julian-assange-arrested-7122010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wikileaks-founder-julian-assange-arrested-7122010\/","title":{"rendered":"Wikileaks founder Julian Assange arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"The founder of the whistle-blowing website Wikileaks, Julian Assange, has been arrested by the Metropolitan Police.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 39-year-old Australian denies allegations he sexually assaulted two women in Sweden.<\/p>\n

Scotland Yard said Mr Assange was arrested on a European arrest warrant by appointment at a London police station at 0930 GMT.<\/p>\n

He is due to appear at City of Westminster Magistrates’ Court later.<\/p>\n

Mr Assange is accused by the Swedish authorities of one count of rape, one of unlawful coercion and two counts of sexual molestation, alleged to have been committed in August 2010.<\/p>\n

Police contacted his lawyer, Mark Stephens, on Monday night after receiving an European arrest warrant from the Swedish authorities.
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It’s about time we got to the end of the day and we got some truth, justice and rule of law\u201d<\/p>\n

End Quote Mark Stephens Julian Assange’s lawyer<\/p>\n

An earlier warrant, issued last month, had not been filled in correctly.<\/p>\n

Mr Stephens said his client was keen to learn more about the allegations and anxious to clear his name.<\/p>\n

He said: “It’s about time we got to the end of the day and we got some truth, justice and rule of law.<\/p>\n

“Julian Assange has been the one in hot pursuit to vindicate himself to clear his good name.”<\/p>\n

Mr Stephens said Mr Assange had been trying to meet the Swedish prosecutor in various ways to find out the details about the allegations he faces.<\/p>\n

Mr Assange has come in for criticism in the last week for the revelations made on Wikileaks.<\/p>\n

On Monday, Foreign Secretary William Hague criticised the website for publishing details of sensitive sites, including some in the UK, saying they could be targeted by terrorists.<\/p>\n

Former US vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin has described Mr Assange is “an anti-American operative with blood on his hands”.<\/p>\n

Wikileaks was forced to switch to a Swiss host server after several US internet service providers refused to handle it.<\/p>\n

It has also come under cyber attack.<\/p>\nError, group does not exist! Check your syntax! (ID: 8)<\/span>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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