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WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange Sues Ecuador For 'Violating His Rights' (sky.com)
Julian Assange is suing Ecuador's government for violating his "fundamental rights and freedoms," despite the fact he is still being sheltered in the country's UK embassy. From a report: It comes after Ecuador cut off communications for Mr Assange, who has been living inside the country's London embassy for more than six years. Baltasar Garzon, a lawyer for WikiLeaks, has arrived in Ecuador to launch the case, which is expected to be heard next week in a domestic court. WikiLeaks claims Mr Assange's access to the outside world has been "summarily cut off" and says Ecuador has threatened to remove the protection he has had since being given political asylum. The site said Ecuador's government has refused to allow a visit by Human Rights Watch general counsel Dinah PoKempner and prevented several meetings with Mr Assange's lawyers. A statement said: "Ecuador's measures against Julian Assange have been widely condemned by the human rights community."
Ecuador should sue him back over the way he is mistreating his cat.
At this point it's unlikely he would be killed. He's now effectively been locked up. Why not just go to court and get it over with? He basically imprisoned himself and may end up still having to serve time if he leaves. What's the point?
That's gotta be the most annoying part.
"Ecuador's measures against Julian Assange" - It just reads funny. He's not helping himself.
To be him. You would think with all this I'm hearing about "freedom of the press" he could have just released everything and stay in the states. Or does anyone believe we still have freedoms in the USA anymore?
Ecuador can show him the exits to the embassy and how to use them if Mr. Assange believes his proverbial 'living in his parent's basement without free wifi' is tantamount to human rights violations. He's more than free to walk out the door and find out what real prison looks like.
Glenn Greenwald has been one of the most ardent Assange supporters from the get-go. I wonder what he is going to have to say about this.
Assange used to be someone to admire but those days seem long over. It is one thing to have principles but had he just given himself up, gone to Sweden (likely), got tried for bad sex (less likely), convicted (even less likely) spent time in prison (totally unlikely) at the maximum sentence he would have been free and clear for over two years now.
Prone to bad decisions.
I am just a stupid Greek, but has Ecuador violated his fundemental right and freedom to leave the embassy?
"Ecuador Kicks Out Assange's Ass"
"No more internet for you, Julian!"
"But mahhhhhhhhhhhhm! Respect my human rights! I've got, um, lawyers. Special laywers."
He's trying to get thrown out.
If I were the ambassador there, my response to this would be contact the London Met police, say he's coming out in 30 minutes, and then have the two burliest members of staff toss his arse into the street.
There is, I suspect, a reason I'm not an ambassador.
I like you, Stuart. You're not like everyone else, here, at Slashdot.
Ecuador should follow Assange's example: escape the lawsuit by going to another country. Which in this case would mean abandoning the embassy and leaving him behind. Not the most economical solution, but would be fun.
"You are free to leave any time Mr. Assange."
Nobody says he has to stay there. Granted, there are consequences, but he's at the embassy by his own choice.
When you are caught between a rock and a hard place, sue the hard place! ;)
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You shouldn't shit where you sleep.
I guess that all these years holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy are starting to take their toll. Soon the guy will be eager to take his chances vis-a-vis US extradition, rather than carrying on wasting his life.
Exactly. They should just boot his attention-whoring ass out.
And this has what to do with the topic of this story?
Give him to the Saudis. Those guys will deal with him just right.
Assange is an ungrateful prick. He never acknowledges the price Ecuador is paying for him; he just constantly gives them a black eye for their pains.
It sucks when you have to defend assholes.
This is why anonymous and unlimited free speech must be ended. NOW. There is no room in the world for HATE. There is no room in the world for things like this! Let's all get together and call for the END of unlimited free speech and anonymous posting!
We are the representatives, the privileged, and we must fight for the RIGHTS of the VICTIMS here!
END THIS ANONYMOUS AND END THIS UNLIMITED FREE SPEECH NOW. Lets put the criminal nazi racist haters in prison where they belong!
In the unlikely case that there was still someone out there who doubted that he's a big flaming narcissist, here you go.
Assange should move in with that guy who sued his parents a few months ago.
Iâ(TM)m not the previous poster, but the allegation is in fact an allegation. Whether itâ(TM)s spurious or not is not proven. If I recall the context, the charges were that he took advantage of women who were already sleeping next to him. The question of whether he did this or not... whether it was consensual or not, etc... are all charges which need would have to pass through the justice system. It is possible we would not have the ability to find the facts of the cases even through due process, but just because the justice systems are far from perfect, it doesnâ(TM)t mean they should be discounted as useless or irrelevant.
If the charges are found to be spurious following due process or guilt canâ(TM)t be proven beyond reasonable doubt, then it is fair to call them spurious. But at least one (I believe it was two) women have brought charges and if nothing else Assange was foolish enough to place himself in a situation where such charges could be raised (spurious or not).
So, I think itâ(TM)s fair to call the man an idiot that he would, while under such public scrutiny and while facing a risk of extradition to countries hostile towards him, he would not behaved more appropriately as to avoid the risks of further charges.
...for their 'journalist protection program.'
Right. My original post was overly purile but you nailed it in your last sentence, and he's hardly in the position to be complaining about violation of rights when it is his actions that got him in the situation he is in today. Maybe if he used the brain in his head a little more and the one in his pants a little less.
...aught to be put in the same cell together and they can tell each other how great thy are...
nothing to see here - move along
Ecuador has not given him the boot after all this time.
;)
Just my 2 cents
Yes, she was wearing a mini-skirt so she was asking for it.
As a show of solidarity with Julian Assange, I will be suing my mother for violating my rights by insisting that I get a job and move out.
You are welcome on my lawn.
So maybe the usa can just do it.
Well now, if this isn't a splendid case of biting the hand that feeds you.
Ecuador doesn't owe Assange asylum. I say just escort him to the gates of the embassy and shove him through. Let him protect himself from having to answer for the charges against him.
Assange is like a bad referee in sports. When a referee does their job properly, few know their name. The game recap focuses on how the players and coaches performed.
When a referee does an excessively poor job (e.g., bringing unnecessary attention to themselves), the game recap becomes about the ref. The performance of the players becomes secondary.
Assange is/was a bad referee for Wikileaks. He made the focus all about him, not the confidential information. Seems Ecuador is finally learning how much Assange desires the spotlight.
Maybe #MeToo would be more effective at getting him to resign himself LOL
I mean, he can send and reveive phisical letters so... what's he complaining about?
I mean, Internet is only to send and receive information which he can do physically (sending DVDs for example or handwritten letters).
Slower? Yes, but he can communicate. Internet, as far as I know, has never ever been part of the Human Rights as it's a "medium" and not the "only medium" to use one if the rights there written.
Julian Assange ~ suing jean alas
using an(1), one of Assange's most worthy projects.
The previous administration may have wanted to extradite him for his actions but I doubt the current one will. Wikileaks helped put the POS in the Oval Office. He'd get a pardon from Trump. He has nothing to worry about in the US.
He is a guest. If he doesn't like the rules of the house, throw is ass out.
And I wouldn't let him have guests, a cat, a phone or any computing devices either. If he wants the rights of a free person, there's the door. Go, be free.
PuLEEEEEEASE. Throw his ass out.
but letting him go would send the wrong message. The goal is to wreck his life, which we've done and will continue to do.
/. since the election. Pre 2016 there were a ton of his defenders around here. Nowadays they're no where to be found...
That said, he's part of what gave us Donald Trump. I don't think he thought that one through. Hillary was no friend of his, but neither was Trump, and by helping Trump slide into the whitehouse he's pissed off the lefties who defended him. I've certainly noticed that they've made themselves scarce on
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He didn't rape anyone, but he is an egotistical douchebag and a complete idiot.
Seriously Julian, ever heard the saying "Don't shit where you eat?" I'll be laughing and pointing your way when Ecuador kicks you to the kerb and you get picked up by the police.
You showed your true colors during the last American campaign - enjoy your life confined to a small room or a jail cell.
Yes
She wore a sign that said "I'm asking for it"
What more do you want?
But how do I become a gay nagger?
which is what Assange is doing. Ecuador kept his butt out of jail as an asylum seeking guest. well, governments change, and wot ya know, they're tired of him. at least he hasn't been kicked out yet. keep this up, it will happen. he will meet the Crown, and best have a good lawyer with him to get mere deportation.
if this is supposed to be a new economy, how come they still want my old fashioned money?
I think the embassy ought to allow him his rights to the outside world, just as he states he wants...let him go outside, but he would be arrested.
... doesn't respect his rights as much as he'd like. Poor snowflake.
That statements decrying anonymous free speech made anonymously are wrong and should be down-modded. Accounts here are free.
since he helped give us Trump, but the US has most certainly _not_ withdrawn from the world stage under Trump. Not even a little. We've expanded our troop deployments, we've threatened Iran without provocation or cause, we've continued to assist Saudi Arabia in their war in Yemen (our bombs just blew up a school bus there) and we keep dicking with South America (there's evidence we're helping prop up that right wing insurgency in Brazil since the leftists are threatening US corporate economic interests down there).
I'm not saying this is on Trump per se. Obama did the same thing. So did Bush (both of 'em). So did Clinton. But I _am_ saying Trump loudly promised to stop this crap and then kept doing it.
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Also isn't there evidence that one or more of the girls has ties to the American CIA?
/. that would defend or even humor his accusers but with Assange folks are piling on to hate on him. That's a pretty big change too. Post this story a few years ago and he's be loaded with defenders.
/.'s opinion of Assange changed or did we have Russian trolls modding pro-Assange posts up back then that are now gone (or just don't support him anymore)? Either way something's definitely changed.
/.'s modding system is being manipulated. It might also be /.ers themselves are being manipulated.
Also, I know we're not supposed to complain about the Mods, but when Kavanaugh was up for SCOTUS you'd be hard pressed to find anyone on
Has
If folks are mad at Assange because he helped give us Trump you'd expect their anger to show up in the discussions about Kavanaugh. That makes me think
Either way something's not right.
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No, they just treat all off-topic posts equally.
Equality for all!
Slashdot still doesnâ(TM)t support Unicode after it was added to the HTML standard in 1997.
Yeah, he had some good shit to tell the world.
Obviously, he had a bunch of bad shit too.
Oh wait... those are both bad shits.
He had already been questioned once. The case dropped, it moved to a different judge and was reopened. They refuse to do questioning over the phone. I don't think this fits the bill for a normal rape case.
Ladies and gentlemen, this is a very definition of the word "Chutzpah". After being given refuge, food and shelter, we should sue our benefactors for making us clean up after ourselves! (How dare they!)
What an ungrateful son of a bitch! I want the Ecuador embassy to kick him out to the street of London, get kicked around a whole lot then arrested by UK police for the rape charges they've been wanting to press, then extradited to the US for espionage and receive life sentence without parole.
... has to be more than just the usual level of internet ignorance.
I wonder how many people are here as employees of misinformation centers..
I have a sneaking suspicion the original post and the rebuttal came from the same source.