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RT 2013-06-18
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange took shelter in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London one year ago Wednesday, sparking a standoff with UK authorities that could leave the world-renowned whistleblower cooped up for years to come.
When Assange first made his asylum bid 365 days ago, the tense standoff that ensued seemed likely to ignite an international incident.
British authorities “warned” Ecuador that they could raid its embassy and arrest Julian Assange if he was not handed over, a move the Ecuadorian Foreign Minister charged would be a “flagrant violation” of international law.
Although the situation has significantly calmed since then, the UK’s commitment to arresting Assange remains unwavering.
Britain has vowed it will do everything in its power to block Assange’s passage to Ecuador despite being granted asylum by Quito in August 2012. Downing Street commitment to securing Assange’s extradition to Sweden, where is wanted for questioning over sex crime allegations by two women, has manifested itself in a year-long police presence outside of the embassy building in Knightsbridge, London. As of Wednesday, the
Telegraph estimates that the policing the Ecuadorian Embassy has cost British taxpayers in excess of $6.6 million dollars.
Following talks between Ecuador’s Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino and his British counterpart William Hague on Monday, both sides agreed to keep the channels of communication open, but “no breakthrough” was made on the Assange case.
Patino said he remained in good spirits despite his limited living accommodations which Assange likened to living in a space station.
The Ecuadorean government stood by its decision to grant Assange asylum, vowing there would be no changes in his circumstances.[...]
http://rt.com/news/assange-asylum-year-anniversary-898/
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Publicerad den 20 jun 2013
Abby Martin goes over a timeline of
events that resulted in Julian Assange spending one year holed inside
the Ecuadorean embassy in London, and the international pressures that
transformed the online whistleblower into public enemy number one.*
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--Ron Paul salutes WikiLeaks--
SvaraRaderaNovember 01, 2011
Congressman Ron Paul used a speaking engagement in Iowa over the weekend to offer his support to whistleblowers, applauding WikiLeaks in particular for exposing political fallacies.
Speaking before a crowd at the National Federation of Republican Assemblies’ (NFRA) Iowa Straw Poll, Paul saluted whistleblowers for helping the rest of America be in-the-know when the government wants otherwise, noting that even when the government says they are in support of whistleblowers, authorities continue to prosecute people who are only trying to bring transparency to the way the country works.
“The net results of protecting whistleblowers doesn’t work out that well,” Paul said on Saturday during his speech. “It all depends on what they’re blowing the whistle on. If they don’t want that information out, they come down very hard on the whistle blower.”
Private First Class Bradley Manning has been in the custody of the US government for 16 months now due to allegation that he leaked sensitive military information to WikiLeaks. For his supposed involvement, he has been subjected to cruel and harsh punishment and continued incarceration as he awaits trial. His imprisonment comes, however, during the administration of a president that touts himself as being remarkably transparent in his affairs.
http://rt.com/usa/paul-wikileaks-information-whistleblowers-301/