– ‘Weight lifted’ –
“She has always been ready to stand by her accusations and wanted to bring the case to court. But at the same time a weight has been lifted. This has been dragging on for five years and she wants to go back to her normal life,” he told the daily Dagens Nyheter earlier this week.
Assange has compared living inside the embassy — which has no garden but is in the plush Knightsbridge district, near Harrods department store — to life on a space station.
His room, which measures 15 feet by 13 feet (4.5 by 4 metre), is divided into an office and a living area. He has a treadmill, a shower, a microwave and a sun lamp and spends most of his day at his computer.
Assange is subject to a European arrest warrant. Britain has vowed to detain him if he sets foot outside the embassy, which is under constant police surveillance.
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