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In reply to the discussion: Julian Assange: Senate my ticket to freedom [View all]freshwest
(53,661 posts)10. From the Guardian link - I think that's his latest announcement.
Last edited Mon Feb 18, 2013, 03:03 PM - Edit history (1)
Looks very mellow there and he's put on a bit of weight. Bet they have some good cooks at the embassy.
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But he is a citizen there, isn't he, even if he's been abroad? Maybe he'll vote this year.
freshwest
Feb 2013
#3
I thought their ambassadors lived there? His quarters may be small, but others live there, too.
freshwest
Feb 2013
#13
No--I don't think it's a residence. It's a flat within a larger building that houses
msanthrope
Feb 2013
#15
So he's just been sort of camping out in an office? Still, he's heavier than before.
freshwest
Feb 2013
#17
But nonetheless, it afforded him 'diplomatic immunity' somehow. I admit, I know nothing of the area.
freshwest
Feb 2013
#30
You have the advantage of me. I have several people who live in the UK who have begged me to visit.
freshwest
Feb 2013
#35
But in some videos he's speaking from the balcony of the building. So he has a room with a view...
freshwest
Feb 2013
#31
That is the balcony off the main living room. He is living in a room at the back, described
MADem
Feb 2013
#36
Under modern international law, embassy space is still considered territory of the host country,
struggle4progress
Feb 2013
#37
Perhaps you responded in the wrong place? Or perhaps you misunderstood my post?
struggle4progress
Feb 2013
#46
The bottom line, though, is that embassies are treated as "immune" or however you want to put it,
MADem
Feb 2013
#47
Yes, embassy grounds are, in effect, immune from enforcement of host country laws, by long tradition
struggle4progress
Feb 2013
#49
The framing of all these stories has been an eye opener for me - the motives and manipulation.
freshwest
Feb 2013
#38
Her death resonated with many, and re-ignited the "girls can't do that" debate WRT to policing.
MADem
Feb 2013
#40
It is well written and goes into a lot of details. Lots of facts I hadn't heard, too.
freshwest
Feb 2013
#12
ZOMG. Lukashenko has a bad reputation, now look at Correa. *Not nice people.*
freshwest
Feb 2013
#16
Bravo for whistleblower senators. We could use a few in our congress.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Feb 2013
#19
I don't want him to be a political prisoner, don't know what really happened with the women.
freshwest
Feb 2013
#28
True. But it made millions for Wikileaks. One thread spoke of many millions per month.
freshwest
Feb 2013
#43