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Activists show up at Embassy of Ecuador for Julian Assange asylum bid

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On the 22nd of June, antiwar activists showed up outside the Embassy of Ecuador's temporary office in Georgetown asking the government of Ecuador to grant asylum to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, who has taken shelter in another Embassy of Ecuador in London.

If Ecuador grants asylum to Julian Assange, there are several ways of getting him out of the Embassy to an aircraft or ship. One way would be to bring an Ecuadorian warship to just outside British waters and fly a helicopter to the Embassy to pick him up. Another way would be to rely on international laws prohibiting inspection of diplomatic cars to move him by car trunk to an airfield or a ship.

Britain is seeking to extradict Assange to Sweden, a nation that has been condemned by the United Nations for previously "rendering" prisoners to the United States, where they are at risk for torture.

Anyone thinking Assange would not be tortured in the United States need only look at the treatment of Bradley Manning, held over a year in solitary confinement.

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Added: Jun-22-2012 Occurred On: Jun-22-2012
By: dcdirectactionnews
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Tags: Wikileaks, Julian Assange, Embassy of Ecuador
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  • Yes, we need special laws for leftists, because they are too pure to be held accountable to the same laws as the rest of us. And, yes, of course as a "leading figure" Assange is entitled to rape Swedish women without consequence. And yes, even though Assange promised to comply with the British court and then broke *that* law, because he is a leftist we will have propagandists distort the truth because that is truly the essence of leftism. We also need to modify the first amendment so t More..

    Posted Jun-23-2012 By 
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    • @muchgainlittlepain Your remarks are nicely observed, accurately stated and your comment "we will have propagandists distort the truth because that is truly the essence of leftism" exactly sums leftists up. May I add; they are the filth of the planet.

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  • Wow he has a lot of friends and supporters.

    Posted Jun-22-2012 By 
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  • America doesn't torture anywhere near like many nations .the USA just gently pursuades

    Posted Jun-23-2012 By 
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  • Assange is doomed. Ecuador is a last resort which will fail. Assange will eventually arrive in Sweden, from there he will find himself in the USA facing espionage charges and very likely life in prison.

    This thing is much bigger than probably most of us suspect right now and the USA (rightly) is angry at the release of its secrets.

    Why the USA does not arrange extradition with the UK I do not know but something is happening in the background preventing this.

    Posted Jun-24-2012 By 
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