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Showing Original Post only (View all)Assange's mom says Wikileaks founder suffering [View all]
Source: CBS
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) - The mother of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says her son's health is suffering after more than a month confined to Ecuador's embassy in London ...
The mother told an Ecuadorean TV station Monday that her son, owing to his cramped living conditions and inability to exercise, has extreme psychological stress.
The activist who published secret U.S. documents took refuge in the embassy on June 19 to avoid extradition to Sweden, where he is wanted for questioning about allegations of sexual misconduct ...
Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57482490/assanges-mom-says-wikileaks-founder-suffering/
First, he's set up by a Swedish woman who forces him to sex with him while she's unconscious! Then he has to flee Sweden in terror, when Swedish authorities begin phoning his lawyer, trying to schedule a follow-up interview! Next the British courts refuse to grant him bail unless his friends cough up a quarter of a million quid in cash and guarantees, and after that they actually have the temerity to rule against him! Finally, the Brits chase him into the tiny Ecuadorian embassy and won't let him leave!
It's a plot by radical feminazi swedish cia double agents!
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If all of these articles are to be believed, Julian isn't in such a terribly good position.
truthisfreedom
Jul 2012
#10
Dunno. The Swedish matter is still at the investigation stage, and I have no idea
struggle4progress
Jul 2012
#18
I have little tolerance for bullshit, and Wikileaks supporters have shoveled bullshit
struggle4progress
Jul 2012
#33
Thanks,. This is very informative. Needless to say, most articles here are very pro Wiki/Assange,
Tarheel_Dem
Aug 2012
#59
He can probably get more exercise in a Swedish jail while he awaits his trial. n/t
pnwmom
Jul 2012
#30
What is happening to DU? What snarky remarks about a man who is a universal hero.
rainy
Jul 2012
#11
Do you realize you're replying to a post in which I wasn't replying to you
struggle4progress
Jul 2012
#20
'... WikiLeaks has also infuriated the author, Michela Wrong, who was horrified to discover
struggle4progress
Jul 2012
#42
If the US government were to provide the info you're demanding, that would put more lives --
pnwmom
Jul 2012
#41
Oh! Nasty. And nasty again. Especially considering that the person you are replying to
1monster
Jul 2012
#53
Am honored you looked at my information. Unfortunately you misinterpreted what I had said.
glinda
Jul 2012
#57
Well looks like if they cannot confine him to a cell they try to do it by house arrest, confinement
glinda
Jul 2012
#37
If you are pretty much confined anywhere it might be a bit stressful. Just sayin'.
glinda
Jul 2012
#56
I think everyone is missing the big picture. This is the latest tactic of the G8/10 countries,
Monk06
Jul 2012
#40
Read Ray McGovern for SAAII (Sam Adams Associates for Integrity in Intelligence).
proverbialwisdom
Jul 2012
#46
Guardian UK: 'Prominent Americans urge Ecuador to accept Julian Assange's asylum request.'
proverbialwisdom
Jul 2012
#47
It's not my task to decide whether the Swedish investigation would lead to prosecution, or
struggle4progress
Aug 2012
#62
OMG, this is a hard one. Petition 'created by Daniel Ellsberg' to President Obama.
proverbialwisdom
Aug 2012
#63
The nomination of Manning for a Nobel Peace Prize is hilarious! the Nobel bequest states
struggle4progress
Aug 2012
#64
... Mr Assange regards himself as a victim of radicalism. "Sweden is the Saudi Arabia of feminism,"
struggle4progress
Aug 2012
#66