Posted on 12/01/2010 2:28:04 AM PST by bjorn14
(Reuters) - The mother of Australian WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said on Wednesday she was distressed by an international police alert for her son's arrest and did not want him "hunted down and jailed."
Global police agency Interpol issued a "red notice" on Tuesday to assist in the arrest of Assange, founder of the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks, who is wanted in Sweden on suspicion of sexual crimes.
Assange, 39, a former computer hacker now at the center of a global controversy after WikiLeaks released a trove of classified U.S. diplomatic cables at the weekend, denies the Swedish allegations.
Christine Assange, who runs a puppet theater in Australia's Queensland state, said she was worried about her son's wellbeing as Australia's government joined the United States in launching an investigation into whether Assange and WikiLeaks had broken security or criminal laws.
"He's my son and I love him and obviously I don't want him hunted down and jailed. I'm reacting as any mother would. I'm distressed," she told Australian radio. "A lot of stuff that's written about me and Julian is untrue."
Assange, who was born in Townsville, Queensland has gone underground since WikiLeaks controversially began publishing more than 250,000 secret U.S. government documents.
Assange's arrest warrant was issued by Sweden's International Public Prosecution Office in Gothenburg on November 18.
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He should be tried for murder.
She’s just making a floundering leap to jump on the fame train.
I expect he’ll be hunted down. Don’t know if he’ll be lucky enough to be jailed though.
Wrong verb.
A mother’s love knows no bounds. I understand her concerns for his safety, but her son needs to be captured and held accountable ... soon ....
I like the way you think! ...
Actually, he’d probably be a lot safer in a nice tidy Swedish jail than he is is right now. There are seriously powerful people out there who want him dead, dead, DEAD!
Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time.
Julian Asswad should be hunted down and shot
End of problem
Puppet theater?? Is there money in that?
Must be, Soros has one.
Apparently Hillary Clinton’s State Department is awash in leakers according to comments I heard yesterday.....I confess I was preoccupied fixing the bathroom faucet and can’t pinpoint the source. If this is true, it would appear that the Maobama administration has much to answer for again.
He’s not an American so its not treason. He probably falls under under the category as a spy.
Shoot him, bury him in an unmarked grave and send momma the bill.
“Must be, Soros has one”
Very good, I like that lol
OK! His mom has spoken.
The story that no one in the lamestream is talking about is how Her Thighness Of The 900 FBI Files ended up presiding over the biggest leak-flood in history.
I hope this means we’ve heard the last of Hitlery on the political stage of America. (It’s ok with me if she runs for political office in Zimbabwe).
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