Home » Topics » julian assange (Page 6)
Officials from across the Americas to meet regarding Assange flap
The diplomatic row between Britain and Ecuador over the WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, is to be discussed by foreign ministers from across the Americas next week. The Organisation of American States (OAS) has voted to hold a meeting next Friday following Ecuador’s decision to grant political asylum to Assange, who…
U.S. says it doesn’t believe in ‘diplomatic asylum’ despite having offered it in the past
WASHINGTON — The United States said Friday that it did not believe in “diplomatic asylum” after Ecuador offered to let WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange stay indefinitely in its embassy in London. Ecuador has turned to the Organization of American States, which met Thursday and Friday in Washington, after deciding to…
Diplomatic cables reveal Australia expects U.S. to charge Julian Assange
Declassified diplomatic cables from Australia’s embassy in Washington D.C., obtained through freedom of information requests filed by The Sydney Morning Herald, reveal that Australian officials have already begun laying the groundwork for the U.S. to pursue charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. The cables show that diplomats in Assange’s home…
With Assange inside, police guard Ecuador embassy
Julian Assange remained holed up in Ecuador’s London embassy on Friday with police guarding its exits, as Britain’s government warned that the diplomatic row over the WikiLeaks founder could go on for years. Ecuador granted asylum on Thursday to Assange — whose website enraged the United States by publishing a…
Assange asylum decision leaves Britain in uncharted waters
LONDON — Ecuador’s decision to grant asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange puts Britain in uncharted diplomatic and legal waters, as it insisted Thursday it would go ahead with extraditing him to Sweden. When Ecuador’s Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino announced to applause in Quito that his government was giving the…
U.S. denies seeking to ‘persecute’ WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange
WASHINGTON — The United States said Thursday it was had no intention of “persecuting” WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and denied charges that it was pressuring Britain to seize him. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland declined comment on Ecuador’s offer of asylum to Assange but rejected assertions by WikiLeaks and Quito…
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange granted asylum in Ecuador
Update (below): British Foreign Secretary William Hague says Assange will not be allowed to leave Ecuador’s embassy Julian Assange, the embattled founder of anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks, has been granted asylum in Ecuador. Problem is, there’s a good chance he’ll never get there. Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Ricardo Patiño said Thursday morning…
U.K. Foreign Office: We would refuse Assange safe passage out of London
Britain has told Ecuador that it would refuse to allow WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange safe passage out of the country even if Quito grants him asylum, official notes showed Thursday. Police and protesters gathered outside Ecuador’s embassy in London on Thursday ahead of a statement from Quito on whether or…
Wikileaks says British raid threat ‘hostile, extreme’
Whistleblowing website Wikileaks on Thursday condemned a British threat to raid the Ecuador embassy in London where its founder is holed up as a “hostile and extreme” assault on asylum-seekers. “WikiLeaks condemns in the strongest possible terms the UK’s resort to intimidation,” it said in a statement. “A threat of…
Ecuador to give Assange asylum decision Thursday
QUITO — Ecuador said it would announce its decision on granting asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Thursday, and slammed Britain for threatening to storm Quito’s mission in London to retrieve him. Assange, an Australian national, has been holed up in Ecuador’s London embassy since June. Ecuador’s Foreign Minister…
Brand new on Raw Story
- France legalizes same-sex marriage
- Gaza filmmakers look to 3D ‘Scarecrow’ film as a showcase
- Moore tells Maher: ‘The real problem with the IRS is that they let General Electric not pay any taxes’
- Venezuelan president still waiting for recognition from U.S.
- European Union shrugs off debunking of pro-austerity academic study
- 60 passengers injured after two-train collision in Connecticut
- New York auction houses celebrate after billion-dollar sales week
- Shatner and Billy Dee pitch ‘Star Wars’ director on love for Lando and Leia and Chewie love
- O.J. Simpson’s lawyer: I told him to go to the cops
- Shots fired during interview at Cannes Film Festival
Commentary
Six ways the GOP could screw up the Obama administration’s scandals
By Ana Marie Cox, The Guardian
Which Public Enemy lyric is most conservative? A poll.
By Amanda Marcotte
Raw Exclusives
Featured Video
Follow Us!
