Tag: Julian Assange

• Friday, August 24th 2012 - 05:44 UTC

  Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa sounds the bugle

  

  By Sean Burges (*) Is Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa really saying that we cannot trust the judicial systems in Britain and Sweden? By granting Julian Assange asylum, he has implicitly stated the British judicial process is flawed and that Sweden is a slavish servant of the US government.

• Saturday, August 18th 2012 - 02:02 UTC

  OAS decides to hold ministerial meeting on Ecuador-UK conflict next week

  

  The Organization of American States (OAS) has scheduled an emergency meeting of its foreign ministers next week to discuss the differences between Ecuador and Britain over the asylum that Quito granted to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

• Friday, August 17th 2012 - 07:16 UTC

  Latam support for Ecuador could turn Assange case in another ‘Falklands issue’ for UK

  

  Another major diplomatic conflict between South America and the UK, as with the Falkland Islands’ sovereignty dispute, could turn nasty following Latinamerican strong support for Ecuador and its granting of political asylum to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange and London’s explicit determination to deny him a safe conduct and have him extradited to Sweden.

• Thursday, August 16th 2012 - 19:27 UTC

  UK determined to extradite Assange in spite of asylum granted by Ecuador

  

  Ecuador has granted asylum to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange two months after he took refuge in its London embassy while fighting extradition from the UK, but Foreign Secretary William Hague said the UK would not allow Assange safe passage out of the country.

• Thursday, August 16th 2012 - 01:24 UTC

  Ecuador claims UK prepared to raid London embassy to catch Assange

  

  Ecuador said on Wednesday the British government had threatened to raid its embassy in London if WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is not handed over, and that Quito would make its decision on his asylum request on Thursday.

• Thursday, August 2nd 2012 - 06:40 UTC

  Swedish authorities turn down offer to question Assange in Ecuadorian embassy

  

  Ecuador wants to prevent Julian Assange's extradition to Sweden because it is disappointed that the Scandinavian country has turned down an offer to question the WikiLeaks founder in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London, a minister said on Wednesday.

• Thursday, July 26th 2012 - 00:42 UTC

  Ecuador suspends decision on Assange until after the Olympics in London

  

  Ecuador's Foreign minister said on Wednesday there will be no decision until after the Summer Olympics on the political exile request of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

• Saturday, June 30th 2012 - 05:12 UTC

  Wikileaks Assange “declines to comply” police order and remains at Ecuadorean embassy

  

  Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is ignoring a London Metropolitan Police order to surrender himself at a police station, his representative has said. Susan Benn said he was advised to “decline to comply” and will remain inside the Ecuadorian embassy while his application for asylum is processed.

• Wednesday, November 2nd 2011 - 20:38 UTC

  UK court rules WikiLeaks’ founder should be extradited to Sweden

  

  WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange should be sent to Sweden from Britain to face questioning over alleged sex crimes, London's High Court ruled Wednesday, rejecting his appeal against extradition.

• Thursday, October 6th 2011 - 17:55 UTC

  Wikileaks head will participate, via videoconference, in IAPA assembly in Lima

  

  Inter American Press Association (IAPA) reporters, editors and publishers will hear first-hand and discuss exactly what motivated Julian Assange to release secret diplomatic cables through Wikileaks, a Web site that as a source of information has gained as many followers as detractors.