Should Ecuador grant Julian Assange asylum?
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LONDON — Embattled WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange took
refuge Tuesday in Ecuador's embassy in London and is seeking political
asylum, his organization and the South American nation said.
Ecuadorean Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino said the leftist
government of President Rafael Correa was weighing the request. He did
not indicate when a decision might be made.
The move comes less than a week after Britain's Supreme
Court rejected Assange's bid to reopen his attempts to block extradition
to Sweden, where he is wanted for questioning after two women accused
him of sexual misconduct during a visit to the country in mid-2010. He
denies the allegations.
"I am grateful to the Ecuadorian ambassador and the government of
Ecuador for considering my application," Assange said in a brief
statement.
WikiLeaks confirmed its leader's request for political asylum on its
Twitter account, but calls, texts, and emails seeking further comment
fro
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Wayne TH G 333 2012/06/20 18:03:39
If it was just to face the charges in Sweden then no problem go back and face them but the problem is as soon as he returns to Sweden the U.S. government will be working overtime to bully Sweden into sending to the states for the trumped up treason charges. Trumped up as in how can you charge someone with treason who isn't a citizen of your country.
Most Likely this is being done due to political pressure from the US.....FOR SPEAKING THE TRUTH, AND STEPPING ON SOME HEAVY POLITICIAN TOES.
Something that is simply not permitted with the current bought and paid for "news media."...the truth.
The WikiLeaks website says their goal is "to bring important news and information to the public... One of our most important activities is to publish original source material alongside our news stories so readers and historians alike can see evidence of the truth."
WikiLeaks has released a number of significant documents which have become front-page news items. Early releases included documentation of equipment expenditures and holdings in the Afghanistan war and corruption in Kenya. WikiLeaks released Afghan War Diary, a compilation of more than 76,900 documents about the War in Afghanistan not previously available to the public.[11] In October 2010, the group released a package of alm...
Most Likely this is being done due to political pressure from the US.....FOR SPEAKING THE TRUTH, AND STEPPING ON SOME HEAVY POLITICIAN TOES.
Something that is simply not permitted with the current bought and paid for "news media."...the truth.
The WikiLeaks website says their goal is "to bring important news and information to the public... One of our most important activities is to publish original source material alongside our news stories so readers and historians alike can see evidence of the truth."
WikiLeaks has released a number of significant documents which have become front-page news items. Early releases included documentation of equipment expenditures and holdings in the Afghanistan war and corruption in Kenya. WikiLeaks released Afghan War Diary, a compilation of more than 76,900 documents about the War in Afghanistan not previously available to the public.[11] In October 2010, the group released a package of almost 400,000 documents called the Iraq War Logs in coordination with major commercial media organisations.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
If he rapes women there, they won't be as wimpy as the Swedes.
You can run, but you can't hide.