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struggle4progress

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14. ... The Swedish ministry of justice issued a statement saying: "We have noted that Mr Assange seeks

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Thu Jun 21, 2012, 08:28 AM

Jun 2012

asylum. The European arrest warrant is valid. We assume that Britain will carry out the decision made by their supreme court" ...

Several high-profile figures have supported Assange since his arrest in December 2010, including the film director Ken Loach and socialite and charity fundraiser Jemima Khan, who each offered £20,000 as surety. Other supporters included Bianca Jagger and the veteran leftwinger Tony Benn.

Khan voiced her surprise at his move, writing on Twitter: "I had expected him to face the allegations. I am as surprised as anyone by this."

Jagger wrote on Twitter: "I would like to set the record straight. I didn't post bail for Julian Assange" ...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/jun/21/julian-assange-ecuador-decision-asylum

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Ecuador ruling on Wikileaks' Assange due 'on Thursday' [View all] struggle4progress Jun 2012 OP

they will hand him over. hrmjustin Jun 2012 #1

I was wondering why he did pick Venezuela also. n/t pam4water Jun 2012 #6

maybe he had to run for it. n/t hrmjustin Jun 2012 #17

Ecuador is a fairly corrupt country. And quite dangerous. Why did he choose it? SleeplessinSoCal Jun 2012 #2

WTF? You must be talking about some parallel Ecuador? EFerrari Jun 2012 #3

re: WTF? You must be talking about some parallel Ecuador? clang1 Jun 2012 #5

Don't kid yourself Zorro Jun 2012 #16

re: Don't kid yourself clang1 Jun 2012 #19

You sound confused Zorro Jun 2012 #20

Well its certainly not Denmark. ForgoTheConsequence Jun 2012 #4

From what I've been reading warrprayer Jun 2012 #15

I'm so looking forward to the Wikileaks "insurance.aes256" File's decryption key... solarman350 Jun 2012 #7

It's a farce. randome Jun 2012 #18

What’s inside the indictment? clang1 Jun 2012 #8

Wikileaks Stratfor email dump could be FBI sting struggle4progress Jun 2012 #10

Now you are posting some interesting stuff for further reading clang1 Jun 2012 #13

LulzSec frontman Sabu was FBI informant, fed Stratfor docs to Wikileaks from an FBI-owned computer struggle4progress Jun 2012 #11

LulzSec Indictment Reveals WikiLeaks Stratfor Emails Came From FBI struggle4progress Jun 2012 #12

Ecuador’s president to decide today on Julian Assange asylum request struggle4progress Jun 2012 #9

... The Swedish ministry of justice issued a statement saying: "We have noted that Mr Assange seeks struggle4progress Jun 2012 #14