5 Years at the Ecuadorian Embassy - June 19th, 2017 - Solidarity Vigil for Julian Assange
A week from today, marks 5 years at the Ecuadorian embassy in London for Julian Assange.
Just take a moment and ponder that idea for a moment. Think of all the places you've visited for the last 5 years...
5 Years
1,825 days
43, 800 hours
2,628,000 minutes
18,855,270 GBP
$24,000,000 USD
$14,367,818 SBD
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Show Your Support for Assange on June 19th, 2017 from 5-7pm for a vigil outside the Ecuadorian Embassy in London
UN Panel Decision[February 2016]
A UN panel has found that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been arbitrarily detained by the UK and Sweden for more than five years and should be released immediately with compensation. The panel calls on the Swedish and British authorities to end Assange’s “deprivation of liberty”, respect his physical integrity and freedom of movement and offer him compensation.
Assange welcomed the finding as a “vindication.” He said it was “now a matter of settled law”. Speaking via Skype from the Ecuadorian embassy where he remains holed up, he added: “We have today a really significant victory that has brought a smile to my face and I hope many others as well.”
Ecuador welcomed the UN panel’s finding. Foreign minister, Ricardo Patiño, said: “It is time for both governments (Britain and Sweden) to correct their mistake, time for them to allow Julian Assange his freedom, time for them to end this arbitrary detention and furthermore compensate the damage done to this man.”
The British government said it would contest the decision. Foreign secretary Philip Hammond said it was “flawed in law” and “frankly ridiculous”. Assanged dismissed Hammond’s comments as “insulting”.
The Swedish government also rejected the panel’s findings. It said: “Mr Assange is free to leave the Embassy at at any point. Thus, he is not being deprived of his liberty due to any decision or action taken by the Swedish authorities.”
Christophe Peschoux, a senior official at the UN’s commision for human rights said the UK had had two months to contest the panel’s 3 to 1 finding. He said it was “very unusual” for such a panel ruling not to be unanimous.
Dominic Grieve, the former attorney general who was in post when Assange first entered the Ecuadorian embassy, dismissed the UN’s panel’s ruling as “very far-fetched”. But Roland Adjovi Sètondji , one of the three members of the UN panel who backed the finding has defended the opinion. “The working group was of the view that this was a lengthy process that jeopardised his right to a fair trial,” he said.
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Show Your Support for Assange on June 19th, 2017 from 5-7pm for a vigil outside the Ecuadorian Embassy in London
UN Panel Decision[February 2016]
A UN panel has found that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been arbitrarily detained by the UK and Sweden for more than five years and should be released immediately with compensation. The panel calls on the Swedish and British authorities to end Assange’s “deprivation of liberty”, respect his physical integrity and freedom of movement and offer him compensation.
Assange welcomed the finding as a “vindication.” He said it was “now a matter of settled law”. Speaking via Skype from the Ecuadorian embassy where he remains holed up, he added: “We have today a really significant victory that has brought a smile to my face and I hope many others as well.”
Ecuador welcomed the UN panel’s finding. Foreign minister, Ricardo Patiño, said: “It is time for both governments (Britain and Sweden) to correct their mistake, time for them to allow Julian Assange his freedom, time for them to end this arbitrary detention and furthermore compensate the damage done to this man.”
The British government said it would contest the decision. Foreign secretary Philip Hammond said it was “flawed in law” and “frankly ridiculous”. Assanged dismissed Hammond’s comments as “insulting”.
The Swedish government also rejected the panel’s findings. It said: “Mr Assange is free to leave the Embassy at at any point. Thus, he is not being deprived of his liberty due to any decision or action taken by the Swedish authorities.”
Christophe Peschoux, a senior official at the UN’s commision for human rights said the UK had had two months to contest the panel’s 3 to 1 finding. He said it was “very unusual” for such a panel ruling not to be unanimous.
Dominic Grieve, the former attorney general who was in post when Assange first entered the Ecuadorian embassy, dismissed the UN’s panel’s ruling as “very far-fetched”. But Roland Adjovi Sètondji , one of the three members of the UN panel who backed the finding has defended the opinion. “The working group was of the view that this was a lengthy process that jeopardised his right to a fair trial,” he said.
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I haven't been far in the last 5 years, but this is a fucking crime. This man is a hero!!!!! He should be held in the highest esteem instead of being in a state of virtual imprisonment! I pray for the day when he can once more walk among us!
It's a crime, no doubt.
Have you seen the latest Poitras documentary or the trailer for Risk? I only saw the trailer but it appears that he may have been able to disguise himself and, as it appears, come and go from the embassy.
I have now, thanks. I saw a movie about him (supposed to be a bio) and one about Wikileaks. I don't know how much truth there was in them- some, I suppose. He's a weird guy... so are we all! He's also a real hero to me... the truth is something I cherish and if people like him are silenced- we're screwed!!!
Looking forward to the movie- thanks again!
Wikileaks is a vital lifeline, there's just too much disinfo/misinfo, propaganda, fake news (via CNN and legacy media) going around. I think you're right, without Wikileaks or something comparable - we're totally FUBAR.
AND yeah, we're all pretty weird!
If that's possible, why wouldn't he escape altogether?
An interesting fact about June 19th. Here in the USA 'Juneteenth' or Freedom Day is celebrated across America as the date on which freed slaves received word of the Emancipation Proclamation of President Abraham Lincoln, two years after that address.
Let us hope Freedom Day becomes a world celebration of the beginning of the end of the kinds of infringements on liberty of sovereign citizens such as Assange, Ross Ulbricht, and so many others have faced, and continue to be victimized by.
Thanks for this post.
Wow. 5 years. I've done a lot and used my freedom quite a bit. What a sacrifice. I'm glad people are getting together to respect his sacrifice.
This man Is a hero and should go down In history as one of the great freedom fighters, he has my utmost respect. Thank you.
It's unbelievable. When history is written, he will be regarded as a hero, just as he is to the people who are currently awake. The alliance needs to get him out of there but I feel like he will need a security detail.
He has made a lot of enemies speaking truth to the most powerful
yeah, 5 years is a looong time in a limited space. Basically, he's been under house arrest.
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