Assange a 'miserable little worm': UK minister
Tue Mar 27, 2018 03:12:pm World
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Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been labelled a "miserable little worm" by a British minister after he questioned the UK government's response to a nerve agent attack.
Alan Duncan, Britain's Foreign Office minister said this to MPs in the House of Commons, while he responded to a question from the house. Duncan said: "It is of great regret that Julian Assange remains in the Ecuador embassy. It is of even deeper regret that even last night he was tweeting against Her Majesty's government for their conduct in replying to the attack in Salisbury."
"It's about time that this miserable little worm walked out of the embassy and gave himself up to British justice."
Julian Assange, who is currently hiding in the Ecuadoran embassy in London, sought political asylum at the embassy in 2012, following a ruling by a British judge ordered his extradition to Sweden so he face a sexual assault and rape allegations there.
Assange had insisted the allegations against him were politically motivated, fearing it would eventually result in his extradition to the US following his site's publication of classified US military documents and diplomatic cables in 2010.
The allegations were eventually dropped in Sweden but by avoiding his extradition by hiding in the Ecuadorian embassy, Assange breached his bail conditions, resulting in arrest warrant being issued, meaning he would be detained if he stepped outside.
This has not deterred his whistle-blowing activities as he has kept up with it from inside the embassy and regularly tweets on international affairs - including on in which he raised questions about Britain's decision to blame Russia for the March 4 chemical weapons attack on a former double agent, Sergei Skripal, and its response of expelling Russian diplomats, echoed by more than 20 countries .
Alan Duncan, Britain's Foreign Office minister said this to MPs in the House of Commons, while he responded to a question from the house. Duncan said: "It is of great regret that Julian Assange remains in the Ecuador embassy. It is of even deeper regret that even last night he was tweeting against Her Majesty's government for their conduct in replying to the attack in Salisbury."
"It's about time that this miserable little worm walked out of the embassy and gave himself up to British justice."
Julian Assange, who is currently hiding in the Ecuadoran embassy in London, sought political asylum at the embassy in 2012, following a ruling by a British judge ordered his extradition to Sweden so he face a sexual assault and rape allegations there.
Assange had insisted the allegations against him were politically motivated, fearing it would eventually result in his extradition to the US following his site's publication of classified US military documents and diplomatic cables in 2010.
The allegations were eventually dropped in Sweden but by avoiding his extradition by hiding in the Ecuadorian embassy, Assange breached his bail conditions, resulting in arrest warrant being issued, meaning he would be detained if he stepped outside.
This has not deterred his whistle-blowing activities as he has kept up with it from inside the embassy and regularly tweets on international affairs - including on in which he raised questions about Britain's decision to blame Russia for the March 4 chemical weapons attack on a former double agent, Sergei Skripal, and its response of expelling Russian diplomats, echoed by more than 20 countries .
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