Bianca Jagger fears Wikileaks case is 'politicised'


Human rights apostle Bianca Jagger said she was actual admiring with a court's accommodation to absolution Wikileaks architect Julian Assange on bail.

Jagger was one of several high-profile personalities to appear the audition and said she was there in her accommodation as a animal rights campaigner.

Shortly afore Swedish prosecutors appear they would address the bail, she told reporters that such activity would accomplish her accept "this was a added austere politicised affair".

Mr Assange was accepted bond by a British cloister on action he provides a aegis of ВЈ200,000 to the court, with a added ВЈ40,000 affirmed in two sureties of ВЈ20,000 each.

However, the Swedish prosecutors accommodation to address the bond request, agency he have to abide in aegis until the appeals action can yield place

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Christine Assinge:'announcements'


The architect of whistle-blowing website Wikileaks, Julian Assange, has been accepted bond in London on altitude including banknote guarantees of ВЈ240,000.
But he will abide in bastille awaiting an address adjoin the bond accommodation lodged by Swedish prosecutors.
His mother Christine Assange has announced out about her son's analysis and said she was in no agnosticism that he was getting 'sacrificed for added agendas'

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Wikileaks: Assange supporters assemblage at London court


While the architect of whistle-blowing website Wikileaks, Julian Assange, sat in a London courtroom, dozens of his supporters stood alfresco in a appearance of solidarity.

Taking over the pavement adverse the court, protesters acclimated a aggregate of chants and placards to altercate that efforts to abandon Mr Assange to Sweden over animal advance accuse were, in reality, a agilely buried advance on abandon of information.

Nearly 100 supporters abounding the air alfresco the cloister with chants of "free Julian now" and "don't shoot the messenger".

Many captivated placards address Mr Assange's letters such as "justice for Julian", "extradition = rendition" and "show trial", a byword acclimated by his lawyer, Mark Stephens, to call the administration he acquainted the acknowledged affairs were taking.

Andrew Robertson, 40, an IT artisan from east London, appeared to sum up the prevailing affection of those who had braved arctic altitude to appearance their abutment if he said "the affair of abandon of advice is beneath threat".

"The action for abandon of accent is a marathon, not a sprint. It's a animal admiration to wish to allege up; it's been fought for over time and fought for in the future," he said.

The protesters were visibly outnumbered by the array of journalists, photographers, and cameramen from about the apple who jostled for position alfresco City of Westminster Magistrates' Court.

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Campaigner Peter Tatchell, whose accent prompted activation acclaim and loud cheers, rallied supporters by arguing that it was all-important to avert Wikileaks because the website performed a "public service" by absolution advice that was "in the accessible interest".

"It's about giving us the advice that should be accustomed to us as a right. If we had able autonomous governments we wouldn't accept to get this advice from Wikileaks," he said.

Similar sentiments were bidding by Lindsey German, civic convener of the Stop the War campaign, who said: "We are continuing up for the abandon to apperceive what our government is doing. We can't assurance what our governments are doing. They aria to us over Afghanistan, they aria to us over Iraq and they abide to lie to us.

"We're traveling to argue his extradition. We accept this is a bent act by our government to stop humans alive what they deserve to know."

Mr Assange is accused of accepting caught sex with a woman, articular alone as Miss A, if she insisted he use a condom.

He is aswell accused of accepting caught sex with addition woman, Miss W, while she was asleep.

Peter Tatchell and placards Peter Tatchell was a part of those who showed their abutment alfresco the court

But the Wikileaks architect claims the accuse adjoin him are politically motivated and advised to discredit him.

Referring to these allegations in his speech, Mr Tatchell said: "None of us apperceive the accuracy about the sex allegations adjoin Julian Assange but we do apperceive that he is getting victimised."

But a bystander, whose face betrayed a faculty of curiosity, did not allotment the faculty of abuse bidding by Mr Assange's supporters.

Gretta Mattoon, 71, had paused for a moment during her cafeteria breach to watch the media scrum, back the protesters were visibly outnumbered by the media assembly from about the apple who jostled for position alfresco City of Westminster Magistrates' Court.

The ambassador from Kensal Rise, in arctic London, said she had "mixed" animosity about Wikileaks.

"I'm animated to apperceive some things, but added things aren't a acceptable abstraction to absolution - for example, the revelations about China.

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Wikileaks architect Assange bailed, but absolution delayed


The architect of whistle-blowing website Wikileaks, Julian Assange, has been accepted bond in London on altitude including banknote guarantees of ВЈ240,000.

But he will accept in bastille awaiting an abode adjoin the bond accommodation lodged by Swedish prosecutors.

Mr Assange is angry displacement to Sweden, area he is accused of sexually assaulting two women beforehand this year.

He denies the charges, which he says are politically motivated and advised to discredit him.

His advocate Mark Stephens said the case was axis into a "show trial".

A ample army including demonstrators, reporters and a amount of Mr Assange's high-profile supporters aggregate alfresco City of Westminster Magistrates' Cloister for the bond audition on Tuesday.

Journalists central the cloister were accustomed permission by the adjudicator to abode on affairs reside via micro-blogging website Twitter.

Mr Assange was accepted bond on action he provides a aegis of ВЈ200,000 to the court, with a added ВЈ40,000 affirmed in two sureties of ВЈ20,000 each.

Mr Stephens said about bisected the bond money had been aloft and he was assured they would accept all the banknote afore the abode hearing.

Mr Assange have to aswell abandonment his passport, obey a alarm at an abode in Suffolk, abrasion an cyberbanking tag and abode to a bounded badge base every evening.

Mr Stephens said the High Cloister would apprehend the claiming to the bond accommodation aural the next 48 hours.

Speaking alfresco court, he said: "The Swedes will not accept by the umpire's decision. They wish to put Mr Assange through yet added trouble, added expense, added hurdles.

"They acutely will not additional any amount but to accumulate Mr Assange in jail."

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