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In reply to the discussion: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to address UN meeting via videolink from embassy hideout [View all]hack89
(39,171 posts)80. Didn't think you had read them
inconvenient facts I know.
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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