Assange Demands Full Access to Swedish Investigation Materials on Rape Case

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange will answer the questions of Swedish prosecutors if his defense is provided with full access to the proceedings.

Julian Assange, who was accused of rape and sexual assault, has repeatedly denied the allegations and expressed willingness to be questioned by Swedish prosecutors via video link or at Ecuador's embassy in London, where he is hiding to avoid extradition to Sweden.

"That offer has always been on the table. It has been repeated again, and again and again, and I am very pleased that the prosecution has finally accepted that offer," said the former Australian hacker.

Julian Assange has rejected to be questioned in Sweden fearing that Swedish authorities would transfer him to the United States. It should be noted that Washington has launched an investigation targeting the whistleblower for publicizing 500,000 secret military documents covering the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq as well as 250,000 classified diplomatic cables on Wikileaks’ website in 2010.

After the Swedish authorities agreed to question Assange at the Ecuadorian embassy, Baltasar Garzon, Assange's lawyer and a former Spanish judge, demanded that the defense be provided with full access to investigation materials, which for more than four years have been in hands of Sweden's prosecution.

According to the lawyer, Assange would be ensconced at the Ecuadorian embassy until the UK government allows him to leave for Ecuador, the country that has granted him asylum.