Just As Ecuador Grants Asylum To Assange, It Prepares To Extradite Blogger For Exposing Corruption
from the epic-failures dept
We just wrote about hypocrisy from Russia, condemning the UK over the Julian Assange situation at the same time that it was putting Pussy Riot in jail for political speech. As someone pointed out in our comments, there's plenty of hypocrisy to go around, including with Ecuador, who, at the same time it's granting asylum to Assange, is likely preparing to extradite a blogger who was granted asylum after exposing corruption in Belarus.The plight of Barankov poses a real test of Ecuador’s commitment to human rights. A former Belarusian army captain, 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 authoritarian ruler Alexander Lukashenko. Ecuador initially granted him refugee status, but after a state visit by Lukashenko to Quito on June 29, he was arrested and is being held in the capital’s infamous, 19th century prison while the top court hears 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.Furthermore, the report in Time notes that Ecuador has a history of not respecting the basic privacy and human rights of its citizens and journalists:
Indeed, the hospitality that Ecuador extends to Assange is withheld from Ecuadorians who may try to emulate his online whistle-blowing tactics. Since Assange entered the embassy, Ecuador’s government has scrapped the need for a warrant to investigate private Internet Protocol addresses. Additionally, for the second time in 18 months, on July 31 government officials and police seized the computers of the newsmagazine Vanguardia, which has been critical of the Correa Administration. The charge: that the publication had violated labor laws. As a result, Vanguardia only managed to go to print this week with the help of donated computers.Kinda makes you wonder if there are any reasonable governments out there.
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Pick a finger.
No you didn't. Either that or sarcasm is beyond your grasp.
Makes no sense.
It makes no sense to you. That's a reflection on you, not the statement.
If TD didnt constantly point it out it would be appropriate. Just seemed like another jab comment.
Try thinking next time.
Oh, and feel free to study the marvels of proper spelling, punctuation and grammar.
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"You keep using that word..."
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I'm sorry that you have no functional mind.
I'll sneer at you slowly next time.
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Pretty sure that was sarcasm, if not, well bitten. :)
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A better, non-flippant, non-trolling comment would be something like the following.
"The US government was also hypocritical in condemning Russia over Pussy Riot at the same time of going after Assange."
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Right where they want him.
I assume their hospitality will end if anything comes out about Ecuador through Wikileaks.
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Diplomacy uh?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19176432
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Ecuador is not known for respecting anything and has one of the most corrupts governments anywhere in Latin America.
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Iceland?
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Small buffer?
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benevolent gov't
Uhmm... No, it doesn't. Reasonable governments are like aliens. People say they're out there but I haven't seen any evidence of them.
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Uhmm... No, it doesn't. Reasonable governments are like aliens. People say they're out there but I haven't seen any evidence of them.
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Uhmm... No, it doesn't. Reasonable governments are like aliens. People say they're out there but I haven't seen any evidence of them.
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Uhmm... No, it doesn't. Reasonable governments are like aliens. People say they're out there but I haven't seen any evidence of them.
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Kinda makes me wonder why the Assange asylum is universally denounced as the sham that it is.
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When it is convienient for Ecuador to asshole assnage, for their own political gains they will not hesitate.. It's what happens when cowards run away to 3rd world countries after burning first world countries (America is not first world BTW)..
what is a married man with children sleeping with Wikileaks employees even swedish ones ?? assange is a scumbag, you have not worked that out yet ?
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http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/07/21/ecuador-blow-free-speech
Ecuador's move to give WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange asylum has roused the wrath of the UK. But Ecuador has seen its own share of free speech problems, and the asylum offer could be geared at irking the US.
hahaha, so Ecuador is just USING Assange for their own political gains and to piss of America.. I wonder if Assange has worked out he is simply a pawn in a much bitter game, that Assange does not even understand !!!! LOL
pawns are expendible, as Assange will soon work out, when Ecuador decides they cannot gain points out of this, they will just squash him. or hand him over to the yanks for brownie points..
Stupidist thing Assange could of possibly done,, but when your a desperate coward, ya gotta do what ya gotta do..
funny but !!!!!!! damn funny..
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thats right, it comes back and hits you in the face.
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Out of reach: Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been holed up in a room at the Ecuadorian Embassy
Scratch the surface of life in the South American country � as I did this week � and you discover a world of fear under a Left-wing dictator who responds to dissent with an iron fist. "
Anyone in this country of just 14 million who dares question his leadership is hauled off to jail on trumped-up charges. Corruption is widespread in the government, judiciary and police.
Most ordinary citizens refuse to even be drawn into the Assange debate for fear of reprisals.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2190401/Julian-Assange-Welcome-Ecuador-hotbed-corruption-ext ortion-repression-says-WikiLeaks.html#ixzz2486WrEfe
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now he just looks like a common criminal running from the law, if he expects fair treatment from Ecuador he is surly in for a huge shock of reality.. the UK, US and Sweden have a far better record in human rights that Ecuador can ever dream of having..
this has also put in focus Ecuador's history, and record in dealing with 'things'... it's not a good record, and it looks really bad for Ecuador, who should have not got involved with this.
So now Ecuador will consume Assange for their own political gains (or try too), they do not care about assange, nor do they have a desire to protect him..
Assange tries to make out how damn smart he is, but he has shown by his actions that he is dumb as shit..
what comes around, goes around as they say..
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Ecuador may not be a paragon of virtue, but it is friendly to him at the moment, from there he can always go to other places.
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still does not change the fact, the no country (except ecuador) will extradite Assange to the US if the death sentice is on the plate..
so that line is bullshit, there is no extradition order from the US, and he would not be extradited to the US until he has fronted court in Sweden, but before that he will probably be required to do time in a UK prison for bail jumping..
he is actually getting himself in far more trouble, and committing more crimes, and he believes ecuador is going to have his back !!!..
not a change, Ecuador will chew up and stit out Assange when they get sick of him.. (very very soon), then Assange is in REAL TROUBLE, Ecuador will not give a shit about extraditing someone to a country with a death sentince, sweden and the UK, and Australia WILL NOT ALLOW that to occur..
it's really really stupid of Assange to go this rought, it's going to blow up in his face, and he should of known that to be the case..
what about the people who put up bail for him in the UK ? they lose their money and savings... assange is screwed..
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He's in trobule even without this move. He just threw a whole lot of shit in the fan ;)
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he really is a dirtbag and a coward, and not real smart..
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Pure and Simple Anti-Yanqui Trueco
And the moment that Assange Asylum turns his QWiki-Leaks Humanitarian Jesus Lens focus on Ecuador's issues is the moment he finds out just how THIN-SKINNED RAFA-(d)el (estupido) Correa truly is. Every one of those banana-republic dictators, just like (HU)EVO (Sin) Morales, can't handle the truth being spread about them UNLESS, they can spite the USA some how. HOWEVER, they will change their opinion of CULOssange probably more sooner than later and ASSange will end up getting the Bota de cuero to his culo as they decide he is no longer the cool thing to have in there countries to piss off the USA because he is pissing on them too via QWiki-tweaks.
Oh yeah, don't get me wrong, we've (USA) done them (LATAM Countries) no favors either so it is kinda expected from them. Anyway, enjoy the CULOssange Telenovela as it plays its course...En vivo!!!!
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+100
it's so funny, cus it's true...
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He ran out of secrets.
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DC asylum lawyer
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