Excerpt: "Well, thank you Ecuador! IMHO, there is no doubt that if the UK sends him to Sweden, Sweden will send him to the USA."
Julian Assange is seeking refuge in Ecuador. Previously Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa had offered Assange asylum. (photo: CNN)
It's Up to You, Rafael
21 June 12
he Ecuadorian embassy in London has just given sanctuary to WikiLeaks' Jullian Assange. He is asking them for political assylum (which they had offered him in the past). Well, thank you Ecuador! IMHO, there is no doubt that if the UK sends him to Sweden, Sweden will send him to the USA. Sweden says they "just want to talk to him" about the accusations leveled at him (he has still not been charged with any crime). If Swedish police want to question him, there is an SAS flight that leaves Stockholm at 7:55 tomorrow morning (flight #525) to London. I'm sure the British authorities would have no problem with the Swedish police questioning Mr. Assange. Then Sweden can decide if it wants to charge him with a crime. Any and all allegations of sexual abuse by anyone and to anyone MUST be treated very seriously, and Mr. Assange should cooperate with the inquiry. But it appears that Sweden has little interest in these charges - what they really want is the ability to extradite Assange to America. And that, simply, must not happen.
Ask Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa to grant Julian Assange political asylum, via twitter @MashiRafael or by phone (202 465-8120) and fax (202 667-3482) at the Ecuadorian embassy in Washington, D.C.
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