Freed Assange says his work will go on

LONDON, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Interviewed after his release by a London court, Julian Assange of WikiLeaks denounced sex charges against him and pledged more revelations.

Speaking Thursday night on the BBC's "Newsnight," he said, "My feeling is in fact that there's a number of different interests -- personal, domestic and international -- that are all feeding from this process and encouraging it. ... Any person in any European country can be extradited to any other European country without the provision of any evidence whatsoever."

Assange is staying at a supporter's house after being freed on 240,000 pounds (about $374,000) bail while fighting extradition to Sweden.

"Now that I am back to assist the directing of our ship, our work will proceed in a faster manner. But as we have seen with my absence, things are well set up to proceed even without my direct involvement."

Asked if he would give his word not to flee before the next hearing, Assange said: "We have done everything by the book. We have tried as hard as possible to set up a situation where we can clear my name of these allegations. But what we have not seen is the provision of any evidence or material to allow us to do that."