Ecuador Grants Julian Assange Asylum; U.S. Seen as "Hidden Hand" Behind U.K. Threat to Raid Embassy

Democracy Now by Amy Goodman | Aug. 16, 2012 (News Report)

(Multimedia) As Ecuador prepared to announce its decision on granting asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, Britain threatened to raid the Ecuadorean embassy in London where Assange has taken refuge for the past two months. Britain told Ecuador that giving Julian Assange asylum would not change a thing and that it might still revoke the diplomatic status of Quito’s embassy in London to allow the extradition of the WikiLeaks founder to Sweden to face questioning ... Full Story »

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Topics: Citizen Journalism, WikiLeaks
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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Aug 16, 2012 - 1:35 PM PDT
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 by Dwight Rousu - Aug. 18, 2012

The story is important to follow as the empire attempts to quash any citizen journalists who dare to expose their lies or war crimes.

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 by Randy Morrow - Aug. 18, 2012

The fact that the British—and I was as shocked as anybody—that the British said yesterday that they might invade the embassy to get their hands on Julian Assange is ... More »

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  • Lawyer: Raid on Embassy to Arrest Assange Would Be "Unprecedented" Breach of Diplomatic Immunity

    Democracy Now by Jennifer Robinson, Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez | Aug. 17, 2012 (News Analysis)
    (Multimedia) Britain is refusing to give Julian Assange of WikiLeaks safe passage out of the country even though Ecuador has granted him political asylum. On Thursday, British Foreign ...
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