Assange Case: Sweden's Shame In Violating Human Rights

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By Mark Weisbrot

Source: Aljazeera

Saturday, September 08, 2012

"It was like a scene from a Hollywood movie, where the kidnapper walks up from behind, with a gun protruding from his trench coat pocket. "Keep walking, and don't say anything," he warns.

Such was the UK government's threat two weeks ago to Ecuador, that British police could invade the Ecuadorian embassy if necessary to arrest WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange. But Ecuador's foreign minister didn't keep walking, and said something, to the great embarrassment of the UK Foreign Office. The Foreign Office tried to say it wasn’t a threat - although it was now available to the world in writing - and then took it back.

But the unprecedented threat to violate the Vienna convention that protects diplomatic missions brought serious criticism from the Union of South American Nations, and then - despite being watered down by Washington - another rebuke from the Organisation of American States.

The UK's threat also made it clear that this case was not about questioning Julian Assange regarding a possible criminal case in Sweden. Few could believe that the UK government would have resorted to such extreme and illegal measures if this were just a matter of extraditing a foreign citizen to a foreign country where he is not even charged with a crime."

more .... http://www.zcommunications.org/assange-case-swedens-shame-in-violating-human-rights-by-mark-weisbrot

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1. Assange

Post is spot on. It is not about some questioning request by the Swedish gov. The powers that be want to get Assange badly because he expose their lies. We need Assange and Wilileaks even more now to address the non-release of Romney's tax returns.

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2. Mark Weisbrot's Shame

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021298101