Founder of WikiLeaks Julian Assange arrived to a hearing into the sexual allegations in London Tuesday that his organization has promised to continue its potentially damaging releases confidential us cables.
The Australian 39 year-old was congratulated by the photographers as he arrived at the Tribunal d'instance de Westminster in central London, flanked by his lawyers about his arrest at as early a London police station.
His client was "fine", lawyer Mark Stephens said journalists. The meeting with the police, Assange presented "by agreement" had been "very cordial", Stephens said.
Assange has been at the centre of an international outcry for the latest series of publications WikiLeak cable top secret diplomatic U.S. and previous leak the Pentagon Papers on conflict and Iraq Afghanistan.
However, in a comment Tuesday, whistleblowing website promises to continue its publications in spite of the arrest of Assange.
"New actions against our Editor Julian Assange do not affect our operations: we publish cables more tonight as normal,"said a tweet on the official WikiLeaks Twitter account.""
In a second message, also released after a pause of 7 p.m. Tuesday, communications organization claimed a protest coincide with the appearance of the Assange.
Assange was arrested after he came to a police station in London said Scotland Yard "agree" Tuesday at the beginning.
"Of the Metropolitan Police extradition this morning arrested Julian Assange name Swedish authorities suspected rape," said a statement to the police.
It is planned that his lawyers apply for bail pending a comprehensive extradition hearing to be held within 28 days.
His counsel submitted that Assange had not been formally charged anything whatsoever, and that he had not attempted to flee the jurisdiction.
Stephens described earlier the warrant of arrest against his client as a "political stunt" that could be handed over to American authorities.
"It is time that we arrived at the end of the day, and we had a truth, justice and the rule of law," Stephens said at the BBC.
"Julian Assange was that continuing to assert himself to clear his name right", he added.
Sweden, Attorney Attorney Marianne Ny, who was responsible for the case, stated that it had "no information with no comment regarding" the arrest of Assange.
A week ago Sweden Supreme Court dismissed the appeal of Assange against the arrest warrant issued against him. Assange rejects the allegations against him.
Legal commentators in the United Kingdom has notified any possible attempt by laying hands on Assange within the framework of the procedure for extradition to the Sweden United States would only strengthen the case of his lawyers in the fight against extradition.
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