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10,000 messages back Assange’s asylum in Ecuador
The Ecuadorian embassies in the United States and Britain have received over 10,000 messages in support of political asylum for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, Ecuadorian authorities announced Tuesday. “More than 10,000 emails have been received at the moment,” Ecuador’s Minister of Foreign Affairs said in a public statement from Quito.…
Noam Chomsky tells Julian Assange: Humanity ‘like lemmings going over the cliff’
Despite being shut inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London while his appeal for diplomatic immunity is considered, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has published another episode of his show for Russia Today, featuring interviews with two of the world’s foremost revolutionary thinkiers: Noam Chomsky and Tariq Ali. At the conclusion of…
Prominent Americans urge Ecuador to accept Julian Assange’s asylum request
A letter signed by leading US figures in support of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s application for political asylum in Ecuador has been delivered to the country’s London embassy. Among those who signed the letter were Michael Moore, Oliver Stone, Noam Chomsky and Danny Glover. Other signatories included the author Naomi…
WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange has ‘no idea’ if Ecuador asylum bid will succeed
Julian Assange has admitted that he has no idea whether his bid for political asylum in Ecuador to avoid extradition to Sweden will be successful. The WikiLeaks founder, who has sought refuge at the Ecuadorian embassy in London, told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation that he did not know when a…
UK awaits Ecuador decision on Assange’s asylum
The Foreign Office says it expects a decision by Ecuador on Thursday on the fate of Julian Assange, who has taken refuge in the country’s embassy in London and asked for political asylum to avoid extradition to Sweden. A spokesman said British officials had had an “amicable” conversation with the…
Prosecution: Assange’s decision to seek Ecuador asylum ‘a tragedy’
Julian Assange’s decision to seek asylum in Ecuador is “a tragedy” for the two women who have accused him of sexual assault in Sweden, their lawyer has said. Claes Borgström, who represents the two unnamed women with whom the WikiLeaks founder had sexual relations in Stockholm in August 2010, told…
Ecuador’s free speech record at odds with Julian Assange’s bid for openness
Julian Assange may not have had many options when he was considering where to seek asylum, but even still, Ecuador is a far from obvious choice. 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…
WikiLeaks founder seeks asylum from Ecuador
After losing an 18-month legal battle against a Swedish extradition request, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has fled to Ecuador’s embassy in London and filed a request for asylum, which officials confirmed they are considering. “ALERT: Julian Assange has requested political asylum and is under the protection of the Ecuadorian embassy…
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to be imprisoned in Sweden
After being on house arrest in the U.K. for more than 500 days, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will face extradition to Sweden in the coming weeks. There, he will be imprisoned, at least briefly, until a preliminary hearing on sex crime allegations against him has been completed, the Swedish government…
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to receive extradition ruling on May 30
Britain’s Supreme Court said on Wednesday it will give its judgement in the case of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s long-running fight against extradition to Sweden on May 30. The court announced the date in a statement on its website, saying the judgement would start at 9:15 am (0815 GMT) next…
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