Julian Assange Addresses the UN on Human Rights

[Exarch]

On Wednesday night, famed whistleblower and political dissident, Julian Assange addressed the UN live from the Ecuadorean Embassy:



i really had to dig this story up from the Sydney Morning Herald; it was buried in a tiny link on the front webpage whilst puff/partisan pieces on 'Apple's new roadmap' got a full picture section:

"It is time for President [Barack] Obama to do the right thing ... not in fine words, but in fine deeds."

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Mr Assange sought asylum in Ecuador after failing to appeal against orders by British courts that he be extradited to Sweden for questioning over sexual assault allegations.

Mr Assange denies the claims and fears his extradition will lead to his transportation to the US where he will be prosecuted for publishing a cache of confidential US diplomatic cables and documents on his website.

Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr on Wednesday said the position of Mr Assange had not been discussed during any of his meetings with international delegates while in New York. Nor does he have any intention of meeting Ecuadorian officials on the issue.

Ecuador request to Britain

Ecuador's Foreign Minister will ask British authorities to give Mr Assange safe passage out of Britain in a bid to end the stand-off between the countries.

Ricardo Patino told a human rights forum at the United Nations headquarters in New York on Wednesday that he planned to meet British Foreign Secretary William Hague in the city on Thursday.

It will be the first talks between the two countries since the Latin American nation granted the Australian WikiLeaks founder diplomatic asylum in August.

"What we are going to ask is that they will grant him safe passage so his asylum can be effective," Mr Patino said through a translator.

"We see this as a way not only to resolve the deadlock between our two countries, but also to protect the human rights of Mr Assange.

"The other question that's in the air is: what if they don't grant him safe conduct? Do we want to keep him 10 years in our embassy? Mr Assange would have to live there for 10 years without having the right to his life, his personal life, intimacy, the right to mobility."

Mr Patino said Ecuador will "not back down" from its commitment to Mr Assange's human rights.

AAP

Poll: Do you agree with the US designation of Julian Assange as an "enemy of state"?
Yes
12%
No
84%
Don't know
4%
Total votes: 1277.

Source:http://www.smh.com.au/world/julian-a...6mlc.html#poll

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i'll be incredibly surprised if CNN/MSNBC/AJE are going to cover this in as much depth as RT

[lordyu]

the point of this is?

He has shown him self to be more interested in hurting the united states than actual Transparency. the manner in which things are released and what is said show him to have a specific agenda.

[frozenprince]

the point of this is?

Just like everything else he's done, money and fame, and to attack the US.

[Exarch]

He has shown him self to be more interested in hurting the united states than actual Transparency. the manner in which things are released and what is said show him to have a specific agenda.

not really, in his speech, he's clearly appealing to the Obama admin. to live up to its standards and claims of championing freedom, especially in the middle east.

[Fluttershy]

not really, in his speech, he's clearly appealing to the Obama admin. to live up to its standards and claims of championing freedom, especially in the middle east.

maybe somebody should preach to Assange to live up to Sweden's standards of "Consensual sex".


I'm really not sure why you expect news agencies to care what this guy has to say... hes pretty much a full blown Kardashian esq fame whore

[AqD]

the point of this is?

He has shown him self to be more interested in hurting the united states than actual Transparency. the manner in which things are released and what is said show him to have a specific agenda.

How can you be hurt by others telling truth about you? Do you believe those who spread truth regardless of consequence should be condamned?

[Fernandez_1492]

Yes attack the messenger, not the message. Lol its what america does best. America we all know is not the model country. Hypocritical states of america.

[Fluttershy]

Yes attack the messenger, not the message. Lol its what america does best. America we all know is not the model country. Hypocritical states of america.

well if everyone already knows it... then you are indeed confirming hes nothing but a fame whore. I also like how Exarch makes not even the slightest attempt to be impartial by using a RT source, lol

[frozenprince]

Yes attack the messenger, not the message. Lol its what america does best. America we all know is not the model country. Hypocritical states of america.

People know that amerika is n up left and right, they just dont know how bad and its unconventional methods. Assange is reading the diary to everyone. Tattle teller lol. Wonder if manning also did it for the fame lol. Or did he just feel bad about amerikas doings.

Then why do you live here?

[Ó Cathasaigh]

Yes attack the messenger, not the message. Lol its what america does best. America we all know is not the model country. Hypocritical states of america.

Perhaps he is not the proper vessel for that message. I'm fairly certain one of the biggest human rights we all share is the right to be free from rape.

[Fernandez_1492]

People know that amerika is n up left and right, they just dont know how bad and its unconventional methods. Assange is reading the diary to everyone. Tattle teller lol. Wonder if manning also did it for the fame lol. Or did he just feel bad about amerikas doings.

[Fluttershy]

People know that amerika is n up left and right, they just dont know how bad and its unconventional methods. Assange is reading the diary to everyone. Tattle teller lol. Wonder if manning also did it for the fame lol. Or did he just feel bad about amerikas doings.

I call nonsense, how can a village of less then 80 people be as dangerous or cause as many problems as you are suggesting.

[Fernandez_1492]

I call nonsense, how can a village of less then 80 people be as dangerous or cause as many problems as you are suggesting.

How did osama take down the towers from a ing cave?

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Then why do you live here?

Why do you care?

[frozenprince]

How did osama take down the towers from a ing cave?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plannin...ber_11_attacks

You're welcome.

[gaunty14]

How did osama take down the towers from a ing cave?

Why do you care?

By organising it? Making a few phone calls, doing a few favours for people? Getting a crew together and buying some plane tickets, smuggle on some weapons and explosives...then hijack the aircraft....you know the usual way

[Border Patrol]

A reporter worried that Assange would risk killing Afghans who had co-operated with American forces if he put US secrets online without taking the basic precaution of removing their names. "Well, they're informants," Assange replied. "So, if they get killed, they've got it coming to them. They deserve it." A silence fell on the table as the reporters realised that the man the gullible hailed as the pioneer of a new age of transparency was willing to hand death lists to psychopaths. They persuaded Assange to remove names before publishing the State Department Afghanistan cables. But Assange's disillusioned associates suggest that the failure to expose "informants" niggled in his mind.

Sounds like a stand up guy. And by that I mean complete doucher.

[Fluttershy]

Sounds like a stand up guy. And by that I mean complete doucher.

Like Assange cares about a few brown "collaborators" as long as he gets his face on TV.

[boofhead]

Manning should thank his lucky stars he wasn't put up against a wall and shot.

And I have no idea why Assange gets to address the UN. He's just another Tom, Dick or Harry, nobody special.

[Bobz]

Manning should thank his lucky stars he wasn't put up against a wall and shot.

And I have no idea why Assange gets to address the UN. He's just another Tom, Dick or Harry, nobody special.

You know what these South American countries are like, if they have a whiff of a chance to show themselves standing up to the evil west they'll take it. I'm betting they clubbed together and arranged for him to speak.

[frozenprince]

You know what these South American countries are like, if they have a whiff of a chance to show themselves standing up to the evil west they'll take it. I'm betting they clubbed together and arranged for him to speak.

Then we'll do to the rest what we did to Chavez, hit them all with our Cancer Rays!