Ecuador has granted citizenship to Julian Assange as its government attempts to find creative ways of getting Assange out of the Ecuadorean embassy in London:
Ecuador says it has granted citizenship to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, as officials try to find a way for him to leave the Ecuadorean embassy in London without risking legal action.
Assange, who is Australian, first sought refuge at the embassy more than five years ago to avoid extradition to Sweden, where he faced an investigation over rape allegations. He was granted asylum, and has been holed up in the embassy ever since.
The original case against him has been dropped, but Assange remains inside the embassy. "He is still subject to arrest in Britain for jumping bail," The Associated Press notes. "He also fears a possible U.S. extradition request based on his leaking of classified State Department documents."
"Earlier this week, Ecuador said the situation was unsustainable and requested diplomatic status for Assange in hopes of springing him," NPR's Frank Langfitt reports from London. "A British government spokesman responded: 'Ecuador knows that the way to resolve this issue is for Julian Assange to leave the embassy to face justice.'"
Also at The Guardian.
(Score: 2) by Pav on Monday January 15 2018, @01:15AM (1 child)
So a country who has had (under the neoliberal policies of of both the left and right) half of its population become ceither poor or in poverty isn't for shifting tax back up to the wealthy (ie. to "Happy Days" levels - eg. 90% for the top marginal rate)? Isn't for a $15 minimum wage? Isn't for ending the war on drugs? Isn't for medicare for all? Isn't for free college tuition? Isn't for curbing foreign wars?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 15 2018, @01:36AM
Nope, they aren't. They're too worried about identity politics, gay marriage, famous guys groping famous girls, merry fucking christmas, and just about every other irrelevant distraction one can imagine.