Click on: Julian Assange addresses UN (Full Version with Q&A) Video
Published on Sep 27, 2012 by RussiaToday. Julian Assange addressed permanent representatives to the UN General Assembly at a high-level talk on the legal and ethical legitimacy of diplomatic asylum – READ MORE http://on.rt.com/f3jgtl ‘It is time for the US to cease its persecution of WikiLeaks’ …
(there is an interesting interview (video) by an Ecuadorian journalist of Assange’s Mother, look in the sidebar).
If you prefer reading to listening, click on Transcript of Julian Assange Address to the UN
Note:
- Russia Today posted Assange’s 20 minute address, in its entirety. Julian Assange addresses UN (Full Version with Q&A)
- A search on the CBC website for “assange” does not turn it up
- The Globe & Mail edited out all the first part of the video. It serves the interests of the American administration, very clearly: The G&M posting of “half truth” is at: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/video/video-assange-accuses-obama-of-exploiting-arab-spring/article4571316/ (More on this in subsequent postings.)
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A SMALL SAMPLING OF MORE RECENT ASSANGE NEWS
(Sorry – I accidentally dropped the links)
Britain meets with Ecuador as deadlock over WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange …
Montreal Gazette
Ecuador has asked Britain whether fugitive WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange might be allowed to leave his London hideout for medical treatment, as the two countries met Thursday to seek to end a deadlock over the activist’s fate. Assange has sheltered …
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2012-09-27 US calls Assange ‘enemy of state’, Sydney Herald
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Ecuador is on firm legal ground (discusses international law, diplomatic asylum)
The Hindu
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange sought asylum in the Ecuadorian embassy in London on June 19 soon after he lost a legal battle before the British courts to prevent his extradition to Sweden, where he faces charges of committing sexual offences. …
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Assange’s Defense Team Hopes for a Diplomatic Solution
Radio Cadena Agramone
Lawyer Baltazar Garzón, chief of the defense team for Julian Assange, hopes that Ecuador and Britain can reach a diplomatic solution to the case of the founder of WikiLeaks in a meeting to be held in Nueva York on Thursday, Sep. 27. In an interview …
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Ecuador Asks U.K. for Assange’s Safe Passage
Democracy Now
The government of Ecuador has offered a new proposal to the British government in their standoff over Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks. Assange is currently taking refuge in the Ecuadorean embassy in London in a bid to avoid extradition to …
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Assange praises Argentina for facing UK, but criticizes the data-gathering system
MercoPres
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange currently holed in the Ecuadorean embassy in London said that “Argentina’s support is very important, because Argentina has experience with facing the UK”. Comment. Argentine ambassador in London Alicia Castro visited …
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Britain silent on Ecuador Assange proposal
The Australian
BRITAIN’S Foreign Office is tightlipped over a proposal from Ecuador that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange be transferred from London to Sweden but stay under Quito’s protection. Ecuador’s Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino said on Saturday he was …
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Assange Defines Task, Ecuador Expects Dialogue with London
Radio Cadena Agramonet
Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, said his task from the Ecuadorian embassy in London is to protect his colleagues from U.S. attacks. In exclusive remarks to the Ecuadorian news agency Andes, the Australian journalist said his job is to demand that …
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And so on.