Ask HN: Where is Assange?

He's at the Ecuadorian embassy. We know he gave a statement to, and was questioned by, the Swedish prosecutor there this week (as confirmed by his lawyer).

It'll be interesting to see if the prosecutor now drops the case.

tristanj• 10 years ago

According to this Reuters article [0], the Swedish prosecutor didn't speak with Assange directly. She spoke with an Ecuadorian prosecutor, who (likely) relayed questions to Assange. This leaves open the question if she even spoke to Assange, or if he is even at the embassy. This is the relevant section:

Swedish Chief Prosecutor Ingrid Isgren spent around four hours in the embassy, where she posed questions through an Ecuadorian prosecutor, before leaving without making comment.

Re his lawyer, he could not attend the interview because the Ecuadorian embassy barred him from attending.

Samuelson, Assange's Swedish lawyer, said he had been barred from the meeting. "Ecuador refuses to let me in and insists that the questioning will continue without my presence, against my client's wishes to have me there," he told Reuters.

In summary of the whole situation, what's making people worried is that Jullian Assange has not been publically seen, nor has he shared a signed message, in over a month.

[0] http://www.reuters.com/article/us-ecuador-sweden-assange-idU...

agd2• 10 years ago

The article you reference does not say anywhere that Assange was not present. Also, you need a lot of supporting evidence to claim that Assange's lawyer (Jennifer Robinson) would

a) lie about her client

b) speak without his permission

and/or

c) go through this whole process without having access or speaking to her client for the last month

That is not how lawyers operate (and Assange is especially careful when selecting his representatives). Or do you think she has been coerced?

Edit: And Assange has more than one lawyer. His Swedish lawyer was the one not present.

6nf• 10 years ago

He's probably in a CIA black site.

Residue• 10 years ago

There are many speculations like this:

Assange did not had Internet in last months, he couldn't release keys on a possible day of abduction. And I am sure gov did everything to jam wifi and 3g and everything else that he could use to do it.
He has a DMS.... But internet cutoff might make him reconfigure auto triggering conditions, which might made DMS vulnerable.
the 20TB attack (Nov 6) they were getting on their servers is what probably suppressed it. we need to find it.
We know they have external servers -- that's why the podesta emails kept coming out on time. Whoever is in control now is a 3rd party.
18 Oct: file.wikileaks.org/file is made publicly visible. The message 'The Insurance files may have just been released' is shown for about an hour: https://i.imgur.com/6IMYfUK.png
20 Oct, 21 Oct: Wikileaks posts 4 tweets with series of typos that spell HELP HIM http://imgur.com/a/m7trX

But after some reading:

15 october: Cut off Assange's internet access 5:00 pm GMT

26 October: Assange “speaks” at CISL (Argentina) – phone call.

5 Nov: Assange Pilger RT interview is posted, but there is no date when it was filmed (speculations regarding fact that Pilger mentions Oct 15th Internet, but Assange doesnt)

13 Nov Pamela Anderson visited him. Her previous visit was on Oct 15th

14 Nov, 15 Nov Multiple people were present at Swedish Prosecutor two day questioning

17 Nov Picture of Assange with Carlos Poveda Moreno posted on twitter (I am not sure if lawyer or EC counsel) https://twitter.com/Mangazos/status/799367352060100608

Here is comparison of his appearance in Pilger interview and photo with Poveda http://prntscr.com/d8sw3l

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