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Julian Assange arrested in London

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Re: Julian Assange arrested in London

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Post by skilled »

> URGENT: Ecuador has illegally terminated Assange political asylum in violation of international law. He was arrested by the British police inside the Ecuadorian embassy minutes ago.

Source: https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/1116273826621480960

Holy moly, this will be interesting!

EDIT:

If you're interested, here's a video of him being escorted out of the embassy --

https://twitter.com/RitaPanahi/status/1116281098747568128

EDIT2:

Comments from Snowden advising journalists to cover the story with authentic facts:

https://twitter.com/Snowden/status/1116285397284290560

Re: Julian Assange arrested in London

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Post by peteretep »

jackweirdy wrote: post #2

> Ecuadorian embassy withdrew his asylum and UK police were invited in to arrest him. According to a journalist at Sky news https://twitter.com/NewsTMac/status/1116274082922803200

Hard to imagine how that would have ended any other way really. No benefit for the Ecuadorians in man-handling him, he wasn’t going to leave of his own accord, and the Brits (proooobably) weren’t going to storm the place.

Pity whomever has to fumigate the room.

Re: Julian Assange arrested in London

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Post by peteretep »

skilled wrote: post #3

> URGENT: Ecuador has illegally terminated Assange political asylum in violation of international law. He was arrested by the British police inside the Ecuadorian embassy minutes ago. Source: https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/1116273826621480960 Holy moly, this will be interesting! EDIT: If you're interested, here's a video of him being escorted out of the embassy -- https://twitter.com/RitaPanahi/status/111628109…

“illegally terminated”

That’s not how that works

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Post by chronogram »

peteretep wrote: post #4
jackweirdy wrote: post #2

> Ecuadorian embassy withdrew his asylum and UK police were invited in to arrest him. According to a journalist at Sky news https://twitter.com/NewsTMac/status/1116274082922803200

Hard to imagine how that would have ended any other way really. No benefit for the Ecuadorians in man-handling him, he wasn’t going to leave of his own accord, and the Brits (proooobably) weren’t going to storm the place. Pity whomever has to fumigate the room.

Fumigate? Does he smoke or something?

Re: Julian Assange arrested in London

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Post by lazyjones »

peteretep wrote: post #5
skilled wrote: post #3

> URGENT: Ecuador has illegally terminated Assange political asylum in violation of international law. He was arrested by the British police inside the Ecuadorian embassy minutes ago. Source: https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/1116273826621480960 Holy moly, this will be interesting! EDIT: If you're interested, here's a video of him being escorted out of the embassy -- https://twitter.com/RitaPanahi/status/111628109…

“illegally terminated” That’s not how that works

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-refoulement
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