Prosecutors in sweden say that they are dropping a nearly decade long rape case against wiki leaks cofounder julian the science admitting the evidence we can over time the path through is likely extradition to the United States where he faces espionage charges earlier i discussed the case with the artist on the quarter. You know this whole saga started out did it with the rape allegations against us and youve been through the whole mill since then but now were back to those initial charges thats right neal exactly it was in 2010 that the swedish government filed in International Arrest warrant against songs for 2 charges one of molestation and another of rape but assad has always denied these charges hes even cooperated with the International Investigation from abroad and it was the threat of extradition to the United States if you were to have been arrested in sweden that forced him to take political asylum within the Ecuadorian Embassy in london now it turns out that this case that started it all doesnt even have enough socalled corroborative evidence. Dividend cherry bases is such that he corroborating evidence is not sufficient to in a way that is prescribed by the Supreme Court deemed that the description of the alleged criminal act can be proven. Earlier today the swedish prosecutor explained her reasoning for dropping the charges she said that the witnesses involved were were credible but over the years the case itself had weakened and in the q. And a that followed she also said that the heavy media influence on the witnesses was another important consideration that they took into consideration inspection suppose of doing the soldier might think this is good news but things are rarely that simple do you think it is good news well at 1st glance it certainly seems so but the remain the original fear was that if a songe was arrested in sweden he would be extradited to the United States but the fact of the matter is that the situation has changed since then and lets not forget hes been sitting in a u. K. High security prison since april sancia has been i mean the government is set to decide his fate in 2020 and the United States has already filed an official request for his extradition to london so wiki leaks has already said this actually only means that sweden is no longer going to be competing with the United States for the extradition rights over a song now as for what awaits a songe in the United States if he is extradited that was probably nothing fair son should be assassinated actually. Maybe you should draw or something this guy is a traitor treasonous and he has broken every law the United States the guy ought to be and im not for the Death Penalty so if im not for the death and want to do it illegally shoot the son of a. Terrorist act tough and say if we catch you were going to hang you whatever wiki leaks walks like a Hostile Intelligence Service and talks like a Hostile Intelligence Service ignorance or misplaced idealism is no longer an acceptable excuse for lionizing these demons and why has the us been so set on getting its hands on the songs well see for yourself. I i. Still. Like to cut. The to. The touch. Police im joined on the line live now by fidel not advise says the former consul of the Ecuadorian Embassy in london very good evening to fidel 1st of all your reaction to the recent developments sweden dropping those while dropping the charges because there were charges their investigation into alleged sexual misconduct. Well i think this was an avoidable thing it was specd it nothing. Really other outcome was possible in this case i think julian has been vindicated in this one and ecuador has been vindicated as well for granting him asylum his fear of u. S. Prosecution was always as we know. The case through then while we see that after 3 times opening and reopening the investigation they concluded that they cannot indict him of anything. I think it would be tragic that it took that long because i think irreversible. Damage has been inflicted on julius and and the very danger that we wanted to avoid with the asylum when it couldnt be avoided and giulianis as we know. In the prison waiting for an extradition. Will crimes so theres a positive outcome by. Somehow too late yes and i just want to pick up on what you said there are about the Ecuadorian Embassy is role in all of this i would suggest that as far as the public were concerned they couldnt offer it is we considered somewhat saviors for signs offering him sanctuary in the belief that he was innocent and he was a political refugee but were hearing newspaper reports they love republicans claiming that the surveillance inside the embassy itself was really quite extensive incredible the reports saying that there were microphones hidden in the womens bathroom surveillance equipment in a fire extinguisher did you have any idea that you know surveillance was this extensive we didnt know that it was to these extreme an extent. To be honest some of us including julian always suspected that the Security Company working for the embassy was spying on him and was a spy and basically on all his visitors and in in in the embassy stuff themselves. But we didnt know that it will go to extreme as we are discovering now. Certainly we didnt know that they were working for the americans secretly working for the cia is a bit shocking yes and disappointing and sat course. If we look at was happening now the impeachment proceedings in the United States where the word of a whistleblower is being given great credibility in allegations of misconduct against President Trump and yet we look at the you know the work by Julian Assange as a whistleblower this is a man who is being hunted down and is set to go on trial possibly imprisoned for over 100 years i mean how do you conflate those 2 situations. Well this is the more important case of our generation about freedom of expression and we havent seen such are among. The apart from some of bin ladin perhaps. For anybody no doubt if you look at their reports from the United Nations representatives from top to for example they say that the 20 years of experience they havent seen an extreme case of persecution. Go it on by different states and by different states are we winning then who is responsible responsible for the reputational damage and for abuse of judiciary does this does this as set by the United Nations representative against or to. The United Kingdom for having king in such conditions and also abusing the judiciary against Julian Assange and suddenly suddenly also ecuador in the last period with a new government of lending money not who basically sold julian to comes on to the to the british so is the is a very very worrying case. Should. Everybody alair. Certainly every journalese in the world and now died soon in case is close finally we could and this is very positive because finally we could shed light finally we could focus on their. Main issue which is the u. S. Persecution against Julian Assange and wiki leaks. They dont really appreciate your time our hope is the case continues well get a chance to speak to you in more depth in the future as well Fidel Narvaez my guest former consul actually Ecuadorian Embassy in london thank you. My bumppo has provoked outrage by announcing a reversal of a decades old stance on israeli settlements in the west bank he said that they do not necessarily violate International Law the settlements are on territory occupied by israel since the 6 day war and one of the most contentious issues in the conflict between israel and palestine the u. S. Administration has lost its credibility to play any future role in the Peace Process we regard washingtons decision as another step aimed at collapsing the system of International Law regulating the middle east and thus further straining Israeli Palestinian ties settlements in occupied palestine are a blatant violation of International Law and Un Security Council resolutions there an illegal action that will kill 2 state solution jordans position in condemning them is unwavering we warn against dangerous consequences of the us change of position on settlements on middle east peace plan all settlement activity is illegal under International Law and it erodes the viability of the 2 state solution and the prospects for a lasting peace. For decades the u. S. Regarded the settlements is inconsistent with International Law still the view of much of the International Community starting the 4th Geneva Convention washingtons change of stance contradicts numerous un resolutions and International Human rights conventions and some of the latest controversial me upon the trumpet ministration when it comes to israel only the white house recognize the israeli sovereignty of the Golan Heights that territory ceased from syria and only 67. 00 formally annexed in 1901 washington is also broken with International Consensus by formally recognized in jerusalem as israels capital both decisions widely condemned including by the un when the us announced the Embassy Relocation violent protests erupted Israeli Forces killed dozens of palestinians as political commentator me a war and what he thinks the implications would be of this latest decision. Of course a very. Discriminating way of conducting diplomacy and the United States has chosen to act unilaterally disregarding the United NationsSecurity Council even its allies and the western allies do not see eye to eye with washington on this topic so obviously it will not be a precedent and the United States will probably be isolated obviously this is going to please the right wing in israel it is not going to change anything if the toll it is going to give more strength to those extremists in the Palestinian Community who say that diplomacy is not the road for statehood and that they must act violently and therefore israelis should be against this policy announcement and not for it. Were you a secular state my pump just defined the decision saying it provides the space to find a political solution between the 2 sides however the us has issued a travel warning at the same time we asked people on the ground what they think. The usa zionist position is against ethics this is our homeland and our families so well resist as our religion says if you die fighting for your lands you are a martyr and well continue want to a difficult path against any decision which can steal our right to decide and our freedom and our dignity it is only to cover up the israeli crimes and propaganda against anyone opposing the building of settlements. In our own or the decision of trying to consider the Israeli Zionist settlements on the police union lands legal and legitimate is totally against International Law to take any occupied lands and give them to the Occupying Force today they lost this role as a mediator in the Peace Process in the eyes of the palestinians by declaring in a direct way that the settlements are legal and legitimate that. The demonstration by a group called stop islamization of norway ended in a brawl and it was confronted by muslim counter protest tensions flared when 2 copies of the quran were thrown in a rubbish bin and another one set on fire by the organizations leader. Local media reports claim that the demonstrators also compared islam with fascism and called it a religion of violence describing the Prophet Muhammad as a paedophile several arrests were made as police moved in. A local muslim union leader described the whole incident as a hate crime and promised to take legal action against the organization itself and its leader who burned the quran into the provoked an International Reaction turkey expressing its condemnation. We are deeply concerned about the recent rise of discrimination against muslims hatred against islam and attacks on mosques in western European Countries these attacks are not only aimed at muslims but also pose a threat to all humanity the head of dialogue at the Cultural Center arslan fellow didnt believe that the rhetoric of some norwegian politicians even more dangerous than this kind of incident because it happens he says far more often but sometimes we get stuck in blood in this our progress but more interesting was the multi since they were against muslims. Islamisation of the ways in society that is at least more dangerous than a couple of crazy people in Christian Sun i think the most important thing to count when it comes you know how do you hate speech is to talk to each other and create good examples are all muslims d that muslims and look when we talk in our way and this is really important to us as muslims we dont talk about us muslims and that not muslims or addition talk about us the reasons and they will slips what we talk about is just society where everybody is part that they their us. And American Museum will only acquire works by female artists for all of 2020 is part of a radical new policy in addition the Baltimore Museum of art will also feature works exclusively by women in 19 of its 22. 00 exhibitions the museums director claims the move will raise awareness and quote shift the institutions identity. You dont just purchased one painting by female artists of color and hang it on the wall next to a painting by mark rothko to rectify centuries of imbalance you have to do something radical. Thats fine according to the far left rules they live by any man can simply say hes a woman and poof he is one so any man who wants to sell his art can simply market it to the poor to move museum of art as female created rights with the belts and more museum of art is doing here is just another example of the left fostering the false notion that women do best with crutches. Ok joining me now to debate the topic we have the leader of the British Political Party justice for men and boys that might be cannon and womens rights activists Maria Beatrice giovanni welcome to you both a very good evening. To 1st as i understand were talking just 4 percent of the museums current permanent works are created by women so people would say you know this is a long overdue correction. You know its complete nonsense im not aware of a field of human activity where excellence can be measured objectively where women compete and in numbers at the top level this is all about. This is all about forcing institutions to buy poor arts from poor female artists. Thats a strong assertion maria how would you respond to that. Well of course they dont agree and. Museum is actually to. Affirmative action to to write a historical wrong which has been. Excluding basically women from from the arts world and i fully support their their choice i mean they said dont give up this can be used in many runs a life might that if people arent given the opportunity then they they were proven only by being able to perform at the very highest level does anyones work you know ascend to a higher level so if these women are given a chance to display their work when they get better and there will be defacto more women at the highest level. Wont they get better well they may but we wouldnt say for example you know why dont we give women the opportunity to play in you know the top level of football in mens teams because that would just be ludicrous its only in areas like this. You know lets say womens chess or is recall that chess for for a people who cant compete against men this is at the end of the day. This is about. You know giving crutches to women i think you are you are the point was right but you talk about sports sports you know you took him out physical strength is completely different surely and this is a purely create ok all right. Ok ok well lets stay on that i mean i challenge maria maybe of self male to tell me one area of human and where you know excellence can be measured so for example in chess theres a winner and theres a loser thats really black and white. So i do not know of an area where women compete at the top level successfully against men and i think theres theres quite a number of reasons behind that im one of them its simple work ethic men men. Than women and we know from a 2000 study published in 2000 in the u. K. That while 4 in 7 british men. Only one in 7 british women is what men and women are different it is not a problem that this a