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Assange Requests Asylum In Ecuador

Posted by Soulskill on from the where-in-the-world-is-julian-assange dept.

david.emery writes "Julian Assange, his appeals in the United Kingdom having run out, today went to the Ecuadorian Embassy in London to request asylum from his pending extradition to Sweden to face questioning for 'unlawful coercion and sexual misconduct including rape.'"

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  1. Re:Smart move by ianare · · Score: 5, Informative

    Ecuador's foreign minister had offered assylum in 2010 but president Rafael Correa later dismised it. It's possible they have succombed to US pressure already, or they could be worried he has something they don't want released.

    Should be an interesting turn of events either way. I do hope he finds refuge somewhere, to continue the good fight.

  2. Re:All this trouble. by El+Lobo · · Score: 5, Informative

    Well, it's not the first time the swedish government bows before their master: http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/default.aspx?pageid=438&n=egyptian-deported-from-sweden-by-cia-freed-2011-08-11

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  3. Re:[Stupid] move by Hatta · · Score: 5, Informative

    What makes you think he'd ever face trial if he ended up in Sweden? Sweden has illegally rendered political refugees to the US to be tortured in the past. What makes you think they wouldn't do the same to Assange?

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  4. You are wrong. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Some points to notice, in case you care amidst your ad hominems and strawmen.

    1. He didn't break the law. The women who he supposedly "raped" only got pissed because they found out Assange had sex with both of them. The other even tweeted how cool it was to meet Assange and how she couldn't "wait to meet the cool people [incl. Assange] again this evening" (this was following the "rape"). If you were really raped, would you be tweeting like that? No.

    2. Assange did not flee. He was not told to stay. There was ample time to collect Assange, but nothing was done, so Assange left after several days. Once Assange went out of the country the Swedish prosecutor went apeshit. Assange become an Interpol wanted persona. Of course, this was according to plan.

    The saddest part of Wikileaks is that even after they show irrefutable proof of war crimes and other nasty dealings, what is the reaction - people just chant their national anthem louder. That is sad and disgusting.

    It's almost as disgusting as people fervently defending that massive system which conducts those kind of abuses on a daily basis.