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Ecuador Will Imminently Withdraw Asylum for Julian Assange and Hand Him Over to the UK. What Comes Next?

TEHRAN (FNA)- Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno is either about to strike or has already struck an agreement with British authorities on withdrawing the asylum protection of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, according to a report. Ecuador is about to boot out Julian Assange from his refugee at the Embassy

Moreno is visiting the UK as part of his European trip between July 22 and 28. His visit…

Αποκαλύψεις WikiLeaks για το παιχνίδι της Γερμανίας με τα τραπεζικά «τοξικά» και τον EFSF

Τις πρωτοβουλίες της Γερμανίδας Καγκελαρίου Άνγκελα Μέρκελ για την διαφύλαξη των ευρωπαϊκών τραπεζών από τα τοξικά ομόλογα, αλλά και τις παρεμβάσεις της στο Ευρωπαϊκό Ταμείο Χρηματοπιστωτικής Σταθερότητας (EFSF), αποκαλύπτει το WikiLeaks δημοσιεύοντας την Τετάρτη νέα απόρρητα έγγραφα της Υπηρεσίας Εθνικής Ασφάλειας των ΗΠΑ (National Security Agency).

Τα έγγραφα αυτά αναφέρονται στα έτη 2009 και…

Wikileaks: Diários de Guerra do Iraque e do Afeganistão

WikiLeaks: Diários de Guerra do Iraque e do Afeganistão

A WikiLeaks é uma organização transnacional sem fins lucrativos, sediada na Suécia que publica em seu site postagens de fontes anônimas, documentos, fotos e informações confidenciais, vazadas de governos ou empresas, sobre assuntos sensíveis.

Ao longo de 2010 a WikiLeaks publicou grande quantidade de documentos confidenciais do governo dos…

On Thursday Ecuador's foreign minister announced  that the country would grant asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, defying threats by the British government invade Ecuador's embassy if Assange is not handed over. In his speech from the London Embassy foreign minister Ricardo Patino made Ecuador's position clear. 

"Today we've received from the United Kingdom a clear and written threat that they could storm our embassy in London if Ecuador refuses to hand in Julian Assange. We want to make it absolutely clear that we are not a British colony, and that the times of colonialism are over."

Ecuador's decision to grant political asylum to Assange was both predictable and reasonable. But it is also a ground-breaking case that has considerable historic significance.

At a meeting of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) on Sunday, the 12 foreign ministers from the continent's countries stated "We reiterate the right of states to grant political and diplomatic asylum," and said they hoped that the dispute could be resolved through negotiation.

The South American country made news headlines and received world wide praise for granting Assange diplomatic asylum, But does Ecuador deserve it? and is taking up political asylum there really in the best interests of Julian Assange, While all this was is taking place political refugee Alexander Barankov faces imminent extradition from Ecuador to its new ally Belarus.

A former Belarusian army captain, He is charged with "fraud" for blogging about corruption in Belarus and angering its dictator President Alexander Lukashenko.  The plight of Barankov poses a real test of Ecuador’s commitment to human rights. Barankov arrived in Quito in 2008 thanks to the Ecuadorian government’s very liberal immigration laws. He then set up a blog denouncing corruption and other crimes allegedly committed under the authoritarian ruler. 

Barankov currently sits in a Quito jail awaiting extradition. Ecuador initially granted him refugee status, but after a state visit by Lukashenko to Quito in June, he was arrested and is being held in prison, while the courts hear the case on Belarus’ fresh extradition request. If sent there, according to his partner, Maribel Andrade, he will face charges of treason and could be put to death. 

Belarus is ofetn refered to as 'Europes last dictatorship'  and atleast 2,200 people have been detained for opposition activities in just the last two years. Thirteen remain in prison under harsh conditions as “showcase prisoners."

If Ecuador approves the extradition of Barankov, the words of Ecuador's foreign minister about the huge importance of political asylum don't carry much weight, and in my opiniomn reduces the decision on Assange to nothing more than a Fuck You to the UK and the US. 

Claims that Correa made this decision because it was the only ethical thing to do become statements of the foolish. 

If we truly believe in Freedom of speech and peoples right to seek asylum then it's time, while screaming at the UK And the US to uphold the law and do the right thing, we ask the same of Preident Correa and Ecuador. We must ask ourselves what it is we are fighting for justice and freedom for some or justice and freedom for all. Will people really turn a blind eye to suit themselves?

Anyone willing to stand up to tyranny and corruption deserves all of our support and protection in what ever manner we are able to provide it.