Assange Has Requested Political Asylum & Is Under Protection of Ecuardorian Embassy in London [View all]

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Source: Reuters

@wikileaks: ALERT: Julian Assange has requested political asylum and is under the protection of the Ecuadorian embassy in London

https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/215152161502412801

Ecuador says WikiLeaks' Assange seeks asylum

Tue Jun 19, 2012 2:44pm EDT

QUITO (Reuters) - WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange has asked for political asylum in Ecuador and officials in the South American nation are considering his request, its foreign minister said on Tuesday.

"Ecuador is studying and analyzing the request," Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino told reporters in Quito.

Assange faces extradition to Sweden for questioning over alleged sex crimes after Britain's top court said last week that it had rejected a legal request to reconsider his case.

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Assange Has Requested Political Asylum & Is Under Protection of Ecuardorian Embassy in London [View all]	Hissyspit	Jun 2012	OP
In hindsight, this was inevitable	longship	Jun 2012	#1
Ecuador offers residency to WikiLeaks' Assange	dipsydoodle	Jun 2012	#2
that offer was nullified by Correa shortly thereafter	Bacchus4.0	Jun 2012	#6
The Monroe Doctrine is sinking fast	starroute	Jun 2012	#7
Some soap operas should never be renewed past the first season.	randome	Jun 2012	#3
Oh, are you bored with this?	Hissyspit	Jun 2012	#4
His former coworkers think he's an asshole.	randome	Jun 2012	#8
What utterly shallow nonsense...	Hissyspit	Jun 2012	#9
The WOMEN filing charges, I should have said.	randome	Jun 2012	#10
There are no charges against Assange. That is wrong. n/t	EFerrari	Jun 2012	#18
'Allegations', then.	randome	Jun 2012	#23
re: His former coworkers think he's an asshole	clang1	Jun 2012	#33
The other Wikileaks operators were against the document dump.	randome	Jun 2012	#35
The other Wikileaks operators were against the document dump	clang1	Jun 2012	#36
Yes, this is one	treestar	Jun 2012	#25
But he's a suspected sex offender!	think	Jun 2012	#5
seems like he isn't interested in defending himself though	Bacchus4.0	Jun 2012	#11
UK wont give him to the US, he has no charges against him, certainly not in the US	larkrake	Jun 2012	#12
The risk he faces	dipsydoodle	Jun 2012	#13
and the UK would not??? n/t	Bacchus4.0	Jun 2012	#16
Doubt it in this case	dipsydoodle	Jun 2012	#17
thanks, then obviously the Sweden wouldn't either.	Bacchus4.0	Jun 2012	#15
Well, it does.	Hissyspit	Jun 2012	#24
the US could ask for his extradition from the UK	Bacchus4.0	Jun 2012	#53
"For several reasons, Assange has long feared that the US would be able to coerce Sweden into..."	Hissyspit	Jun 2012	#60
Why wouldn't the U.K. extradite him now?	randome	Jun 2012	#62
This page has much more information on the issue.	Hissyspit	Jun 2012	#63
That's a lot of conjecture.	randome	Jun 2012	#64
I agree, if anything the Sweden thing is just delaying extradition to the US if that is	Bacchus4.0	Jun 2012	#65
Wow	clang1	Jun 2012	#14
i support assange and hope he can eventually get back to providing an outlet for whistleblowers. nt	xiamiam	Jun 2012	#52
Assange = safe => RW trolls = mad.	2ndAmForComputers	Jun 2012	#19
Trolls all right	clang1	Jun 2012	#82
I'm conflicted on Assange	SylviaD	Jun 2012	#20
whole so-called 'case' against Assange is very troublesome, rife w/ CIA ties, & a dodgy prosecutor	stockholmer	Jun 2012	#21
Justice for Assange	clang1	Jun 2012	#31
Which Supreme Court? Sweden or Great Britain?	2banon	Jun 2012	#37
I just saw the Appeal addressing the U.K. Supreme court.. got it	2banon	Jun 2012	#38
Which Supreme Court? Sweden or Great Britain?	clang1	Jun 2012	#39
Ditto what the other Assange defenders have said. Don't believe the smears.	snot	Jun 2012	#22
+1 Thanks for the recap	think	Jun 2012	#29
Gary McKinnon did NOT admit to any extraditable offence	Doj	Jun 2012	#76
Thank you for that.	Nihil	Jun 2012	#78
Thanks for the correction; and sympathy.	snot	Jun 2012	#81
So was he tested for STDs?	randome	Jun 2012	#79
He waited for 5 wks in Sweden and authorities never got it together to meet w/ him for questioning.	snot	Jun 2012	#80
Now there's a chickenshit move.	struggle4progress	Jun 2012	#26
Or not.	Hissyspit	Jun 2012	#27
I can't blame him.	Matilda	Jun 2012	#28
You make me thinkof a film	clang1	Jun 2012	#32
"(Sweden has) a disturbing history of lawlessly handing over suspects to the US."	Hissyspit	Jun 2012	#61
South America is a very nice place	L. Coyote	Jun 2012	#30
The TROLLS	clang1	Jun 2012	#34
Not everybody, who dislikes the twit, is a troll	struggle4progress	Jun 2012	#40
Not everybody, who dislikes the twit, is a troll	clang1	Jun 2012	#41
Something I'd be interested to know	Matilda	Jun 2012	#42
re Something I'd be interested to know	clang1	Jun 2012	#43
I thought he ran for office in Australia. Wouldn't that preclude his being arrested?	freshwest	Jun 2012	#44
I thought he ran for office in Australia. Wouldn't that preclude his being arrested?	clang1	Jun 2012	#45
Remember. there are no charges in Sweden.	EFerrari	Jun 2012	#47
It is so different from our legal system where bail means charges; talking can be done on the phone.	freshwest	Jun 2012	#55
He announced earlier that he would be a Senate candidate in the next federal election,	Matilda	Jun 2012	#73
Thanks Matilda. I'd only read a blurb about him running, didn't know it wasn't until next year.	freshwest	Jun 2012	#74
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange faces arrest, police say	dipsydoodle	Jun 2012	#46
dipsydoodle, you understand the system in the UK best. Bail - for what? Dropped charges?	freshwest	Jun 2012	#56
It goes back to 2010	dipsydoodle	Jun 2012	#57
Thanks, dipsydoodle. The system is so different from ours. So many countries..	freshwest	Jun 2012	#58
Australia issued a 'declaration of abandonment'.	randome	Jun 2012	#59
More precisely, Assange's lawyers chose to describe a letter from Attorney-General Nicola Roxon	struggle4progress	Jun 2012	#67
Thanks for the clarification.	randome	Jun 2012	#71
Australia regularly intervenes in extradition proceedings? Really?	struggle4progress	Jun 2012	#72
Australia regularly involves itself when any Australian citizen is in trouble overseas...	Violet_Crumble	Jun 2012	#77
re Australia issued a 'declaration of abandonment'.	clang1	Jun 2012	#70
I've now edited that post	dipsydoodle	Jun 2012	#68
Thanks again. I hope they don't take him into custody.	freshwest	Jun 2012	#69
If Ecuador rejects this, his next home won't be so nice	JustABozoOnThisBus	Jun 2012	#48
Speaking of prosecuting sex offenders...	Ash_F	Jun 2012	#49
Speaking of prosecuting sex offenders...	clang1	Jun 2012	#50
Yeah I guess, that was a little off-topic	Ash_F	Jun 2012	#51
re: Yeah I guess, that was a little off-topic	clang1	Jun 2012	#54
Estonian embassy must have caller ID.	Robb	Jun 2012	#66
Ecuador ruling on Wikileaks' Assange due 'on Thursday'	Eugene	Jun 2012	#75