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In reply to the discussion: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to address UN meeting via videolink from embassy hideout [View all]Matilda
(6,384 posts)26. Mr Carr is very selective in choosing whom to help.
When an attractive young female lawyer was captured in Libya while working for the ICC, he took immediate action to secure her release. There was nothing about "it's between Ms Taylor and the ICC", which would be the exact correlation between Julian Assange and Ecuador, or Assange and Sweden.
The real difference was that Melinda Taylor hadn't pissed off the United States, so she deserved diplomatic assistance from Australia.
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to address UN meeting via videolink from embassy hideout [View all]
struggle4progress
Sep 2012
OP
The US hasn't done anything to Assange. They've only prosecuted Manning, because he was
pnwmom
Sep 2012
#6
Um--Do you realize I was replying to a post about Bradley Manning, not Mr. Assange?
msanthrope
Sep 2012
#39
"... It is a central contention of the defence that the warrant was issued for questioning
struggle4progress
Sep 2012
#64
What are you talking about? His trial is scheduled for next year, after the defense completes its
msanthrope
Sep 2012
#86
The trial had most recently been scheduled to start 21 September but was delayed by
struggle4progress
Sep 2012
#91
There were rumors of a grand jury before the Swedish matter was big in the press.
JDPriestly
Sep 2012
#17
If the US had sent an extradition request, the UK could have detained him at any point
pnwmom
Sep 2012
#37
They WERE under consideration, but -- upon consideration -- it was clear that the laws
pnwmom
Sep 2012
#49
What is a fact is that the Obama administration made no move to extradict Assange from
pnwmom
Sep 2012
#54
Under Swedish law, Assange's trial should begin within two weeks of the day he's charged,
struggle4progress
Sep 2012
#93
Well you may well be right, I dont know and as long as Assange is allowed to remain
cstanleytech
Sep 2012
#45
There has been a Swedish court order for Assange's arrest since 2010: Assange appealed
struggle4progress
Sep 2012
#44
The ICJ ruled in1950 that diplomactic ayslum is not part of accepted international law
hack89
Sep 2012
#47
Wait, wait! The US has been using its embassies to shoot local folk? Since when?
struggle4progress
Sep 2012
#60
That was a strange case. Raymond Davis showed some consular ID, but he never showed embassy ID.
struggle4progress
Sep 2012
#76
Heroic Ecuador defends the natural right of men everywhere to have sex with unconscious women!
struggle4progress
Sep 2012
#63
The actual facts of the case can be determined in the Swedish courts -- but
struggle4progress
Sep 2012
#72
I provided quotes from Correa, one of the women, and the UK magistrate
struggle4progress
Sep 2012
#92
Makes no sense. I think that the national security bureaucracy is just furious because Assange
JDPriestly
Sep 2012
#16
If you don't like the story, you can always complain to AP or the Washington Post
struggle4progress
Sep 2012
#73
Foreign Minister Bob Carr has dismissed Julian Assange's attempts to try and address ...
struggle4progress
Sep 2012
#23
Well, if they are all against him, why is he complaining about their lack of help?
msanthrope
Sep 2012
#41
"... Since he was arrested in the UK in December 2010 he has been visited by consular officials,
struggle4progress
Sep 2012
#65
If you read the OP, there's a story about Assange trying to get Argentinian support.
msanthrope
Sep 2012
#40