Ecuadorian Embassy, London.

This morning Ecuadorian Ambassador Anna Alban Left London to travel to Ecuador. While in Ecuador she will be holding a series of meetings with officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs before meeting  President Correa to personally brief him on Mr Assange’s application for political asylum. She will also fully brief the President on her recent meeting with officials of the UK Government.

www.ecuadorembassyuk.org.uk/news/stateme...

Oh, YES ... !!!  Rich Irony ... !!!  

Julian Assange is equated to "Winston Smith," re-Writer of Reality, and "WikiLeaks" equates to "The Ministry of Information" in Orwell's "1984" ...

VERY appropriate indeed ... LOL ...

Jun 23, 2012 -- 8:53AM, Karma_yeshe_dorje wrote:

Julian wins the Winston Smith Project 2012 Big Brother privacy award. This is "for his exceptional dedication to the promotion of transparency and public disclosure in the interest of civil society and human rights".

Truthdigger of the week.

Assange has inspired the hatred of many since he first became internationally known in 2010. Much of that animosity has come from journalists and news organizations that have failed to do what Assange has done so spectacularly in the short time WikiLeaks has been operating: make people and organizations who do bad things in secret think twice about doing them at all, because someone devoted to truth and transparency might expose them.

The writers, editors and publishers at Truthdig are not among Assange’s detractors. We honor him for putting himself at great risk to reveal what governments and corporations are up to. Julian Assange is our Truthdigger of the Week.

www.truthdig.com/report/item/truthdigger...

Duh ...

Julian Assange "went underground" in Sweden rather than talking with The Police then and there, FLED to Great Britain, and following his Arrest there, after posting Bond, he JUMPED Bail ...

So ... Yes ... If and when Assange is sent BACK to Sweden, he almost certainly will be immediately arrested and held without Bail ... IF he is ever arrested by U. S. Authorities, indeed, in THAT Case he almost certainly will NOT be granted Bail ...

Duh ...

But ... It has been Julian Assange who has dragged out this Process ...

ONLY - ONLY - ONLY  Julian Assange is personally Responsible for the MESS he has created for HIMSELF ...

GROW  UP, Julian ... !!!

Jun 23, 2012 -- 12:13PM, Karma_yeshe_dorje wrote:

I am watching news reportage. Ecuador rejects the death penalty. President Correa says that Ecuador needs to assess the death threat against Julian, and whether he's had due process. Ecuador rejects ideological persecution, he says! If Julian is given to Sweden, he will be detained immediately, the commentator confirms. But he's more worried about removal to the United States, where he's subject to grand jury proceedings! He said that the UK and Sweden slowed down procedures, to allow the United States time to draw up charges against him. And that's for leaking secret US documents. But Ecuador can be made to suffer for accepting the world's top whistleblower! Trade with the United States, and consequently jobs, will suffer immensely. There is more to sheltering Julian, than meets the eye!

Correa said that the case will be treated with absolute prudence, responsibility and seriousness. The Ecuadorian government "ain't gonna accept pressure from nobody".

Correa disse que o caso será tratado como "absoluta prudência, responsabilidade e seriedade" e o governo equatoriano não vai aceitar "pressão de ninguém".

www.estadao.com.br/noticias/internaciona...