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Ecuador would like Julian Assange out of their embassy by the sounds of it.

He was always going to sign it. Quite correctly. That doesn't mean the yanks get him; just that the courts get to decide on whether he gets extradited to the US or not. Quite correctly.
 
The vindictive campaign against Chelsea Manning, America’s political prisoner

Whistleblower and political prisoner Chelsea Manning has now been confined to a federal detention center in Alexandria, Virginia for more than four months and is being subjected to punitive fines which could ruin her financially.

Manning is not being punished for any crime, nor has she been charged with a crime. Rather, she is being held in contempt of court for refusing—on principle and courageously—to testify before a star chamber grand jury impaneled to railroad journalist and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange into a US prison, or worse.

Daily fines placed on Manning by Federal District Judge Anthony Trenga for refusing to testify doubled from $500 to $1,000 on Tuesday, with the total now standing at $18,000. The unprecedented financial penalties against Manning threaten her with personal bankruptcy and have already resulted in her losing her apartment in June....
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andysays said:
He's being kept in while awaiting his extradition hearing next February because of his history of absconding.
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I doubt any embassy would let him in, although I guess he could get a place in one of the Britannia Hotels, or one of their Pontins sites, but I doubt he would risk his health further.
 
cupid_stunt said:
I doubt any embassy would let him in, although I guess he could get a place in one of the Britannia Hotels, or one of their Pontins sites, but I doubt he would risk his health further.
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I'm sure Ecuador wouldn't have him back :D

He'd probably try the Russian embassy.
 
I think this is the most current of the various Assange threads, so
Julian Assange: Judge refuses to delay extradition hearing
His lawyers had asked for more time "to gather evidence" but District Judge Vanessa Baraitser refused and said a full hearing will begin in February. Assange, 48, mumbled and paused as he gave his own name and date of birth in court. Asked by the judge for his personal details, frail-looking Assange stuttered - apparently finding it hard to remember when he was born, according to the BBC's Richard Galpin in court.
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Teaboy said:
He's not going to be released until the extradition hearing is held. It will be an interesting outcome because after what happened to Chelsea Manning (and still is happening) there is a decent argument that he shouldn't be extradited to the US.
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Cheers.

What's happening/happened to Chelsea Manning is pretty disgraceful, so agree with your comments there.
 
«A murderous system is being created before our very eyes» According to Nils Melzer of the UN, Assange did infact try coming forward regarding the 'accusations' although I believe I'm correct in saying that the accusations came solely from the Police and NOT either of the relevent women. Reading this I'm not surprised that the charges were dropped.

I too dislike Assange's politics, but that does not mean he should just be condemned without good reason, particularly when it could effect others being potentially condemned in a similar way and when it affects people's freedoms generally.
 
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Count Cuckula said:
I too dislike his politics but that does not mean he should just be condemned without good reason, particularly when it could effect others being potentially condemned in a similar way and when it affects people's freedoms generally.
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Libertarian, eh?

:hmm:
 
Count Cuckula said:
«A murderous system is being created before our very eyes» According to Nils Melzer of the UN, Assange did infact try coming forward regarding the 'accusations' although I believe I'm correct in saying that the accusations came solely from the Police and NOT either of the relevent women. Reading this I'm not surprised that the charges were dropped.

I too dislike Assange's politics, but that does not mean he should just be condemned without good reason, particularly when it could effect others being potentially condemned in a similar way and when it affects people's freedoms generally.
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You are not correct.
 
The idea that Assange's rights don't matter- that, he's a right-libertarian so fuck him - comes across to me as, not only sectarian, but very unwise. It seems to be completely missing the point. What has happened to him could potentially happen to our comrades and affects press freedom. It could happen to any of us and sets a very dangerous precendent. There just doesn't seem to be much thought at all in all this anti-Assange sentiment.
 
Count Cuckula said:
The idea that Assange's rights don't matter- that, he's a right-libertarian so fuck him - comes across to me as, not only sectarian, but very unwise. It seems to be completely missing the point. What has happened to him could potentially happen to our comrades and affects press freedom. It could happen to any of us and sets a very dangerous precendent. There just doesn't seem to be much thought at all in all this anti-Assange sentiment.
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What has happened to him that you don’t agree with?
 
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