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Ecuador Grants Asylum To Julian Assange
Several readers have submitted news that as expected, Ecuador is formally accepting Julian Assange's request for political asylum. paulmac84 writes "The Guardian are live blogging the Ecuadorian Foreign Minister's announcement that Ecuador is to grant asylum to Julian Assange. In the announcement Minister Patino said, 'We can state that there is a risk that he will be persecuted politically... We trust the UK will offer the necessary guarantees so that both governments can act adequately and properly respect international rights and the right of asylum. We also trust the excellent relationship the two countries have will continue.' The Guardian also carries a translated copy of the letter the UK sent to Ecuador regarding the threat to 'storm' the Ecuadorian embassy."
Also at Reuters.
It proves our country is governed by the rule of law, not by the rule of Assange fanbois who would probably cheer him on no matter what.
Lets not forget Hans Reiser and all the moronic fanboi cheerleaders claiming he was a victim of [insert paranoid delusion here] even when he was finally convicted. Eventually they all STFU when he led police to his wifes body. I see the same thing going on here - Assange being treated as some sort of 2nd coming who can do no wrong.
Lets get something straight - Assange is a narcissistic egomaniac who doesn't give a stuff about rights. All he cares about is getting getting one over on a western system he doesn't like. Fine - he's off to a country where western democracy and rights are a pipe dream. Bon Voyage Jules!
Assange is seeking asylum to avoid investigation of a sex offense.
Assange SAYS that he fears extradition from Sweden to the US. That's just BS from a suspected rapist. If there were a real extradition threat, the US would have gone for Assange when he was available in the UK for chrissake.
The guy is just a pig.
I'm following this thread, too, and have posted numerous times in it. I don't post as AC.
I'm transparent about my identity and affiliations. Are you? Is any (semi-)anonymous person or AC on slashdot?
Was my post really that controversial? Ecuador has a terrible record on free speech and freedom of the press, two key things Assange claims to champion. The Kremlin-backed Russian state media outlet RT is the one to air the interview between Correa and Assange. It is ironic, is it not? How did we get to a place where states like Russia, Venezuela, and Ecuador are — explicitly or implicitly — thought to be more "free" by ANY measure than the US, UK, and Sweden?
That's the kind of bizarre thinking my post is highlighting, and it seems to hit close to home for many...