Julian Assange: what a fuss

The on going case against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, which has been dragging on for more then a year, does not seem to be ending, because after taking refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy in London for the past few months, Assange has finally been granted political asylum by the Ecuadorian government. What this means is that Assange could escape from being extradited to Sweden to answer alligations of rape by Swedish prosecutors if he is granted permission to leave the Ecuadorian embassy and travel to Ecuador. The catch is, the British authorities will not allow Assange to leave the Ecuadorian embassy in London, saying that waiting police will arrest him if he tries to leave.

Outside the Ecuadorian embassy in London

This case goes back to 2011, when Swedish prosecutors filed extradition proceedings in Britain. After months of High court deliberation, Sweden was given permission to extradite Assange; but before they could take him into custody, he entered the Ecuadorian embassy in London claiming asylum. Assange is seeking political asylum in Ecuador, because he claims that the United States (U.S) will try to extradite him to America once he is sent to Sweden, as he claims the case against him is politically motivated, although the U.S government deny there is a case against him or want to extradite him to America. Law experts in Sweden also say that under the current law, they can not extradite anyone if they either face the death penalty or a case is politically motivated.

In my opinion, if Assange is not guilty of rape, which he has been accused of by two Swedish women, he should go to Stockholm and fight against the charges. All this fuss over the last few months seems to me that he could perhaps be guilty of the charges. On the claims by Assange and his supports, that U.S authorities will try to extradite him to America after he arrives in Sweden, to be some what strange, as I would have thought, the U.S would have as much chance of  extraditing him from Britain, as in Sweden.

It's possible, that the case against Assange in this context, has nothing to do with Wikileaks, after all. If he is not guilty, then go and prove it himself that he is indeed a decent human being just trying to do the world good.