‘Not even in Cold War’s darkest days’: International law scrapped in anti-Assange crusade

open quoteEcuador’s move to grant Julian Assange political asylum has shown the true face of the current world order, highlighting more clearly than ever the line between the American Empire and the rest of the world, former CIA officer Ray McGovern told RT. close quote (Read more)

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State Department: The U.S. does not recognize the concept of ‘diplomatic asylum’
open quotethe State Department declared today that the United States does not believe in the concept of ‘diplomatic asylum’ as a matter of international law.

Ecuador dragged Britain into an emergency meeting of the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States Friday at OAS headquarters in Washington, calling for a foreign ministers’ meeting following the British threat to go into the Ecuadoran embassy in London and get Assange, who is wanted for questioning in connection with sexual assault charges in Sweden.

Ecuador formally granted Assange political asylum Thursday, but today the State Department said the United States doesn’t agree that such a thing exists.

“The United States is not a party to the 1954 OAS Convention on Diplomatic Asylum and does not recognize the concept of diplomatic asylum as a matter of international law,” the office of Spokesperson Victoria Nuland said in a Friday statement. “We believe this is a bilateral issue between Ecuador and the United Kingdom and that the OAS has no role to play in this matter.” close quote (Read more)

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Julian Assange Historic speech @ Ecuador Embassy 19/08/2012

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Ecuador rallies Latin America in Assange battle with UK
open quoteEcuadorean President Rafael Correa on Saturday cast the Andean country’s tensions with Britain over asylum for WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange as a menace to Latin America, warning the UK that it should think twice before trampling on the region’s sovereignty.

Incensed by London’s threat to break into the Ecuadorean embassy where the former hacker is taking refuge, Correa’s government has accused Britain of “colonial” bullying and has formally granted the Australian asylum.

Britain says it will not allow the anti-secrecy campaigner from Australia to travel to South America because it is obliged to extradite him to Sweden, where he is wanted for questioning over rape and sexual assault allegations.

“They’re out of touch. Who do they think they’re dealing with? Can’t they see that this is a dignified and sovereign government which will not kneel down before anyone?” Correa said in his weekly address on Saturday.

“What a mentality, eh? They have not realized that Latin America is free and sovereign and that we’ll not put up with meddling, colonialism of any kind, at least in this country, small, but with a big heart.”close quote (Read more)

3 comments

  1. Is all this noise really an attempt to impose a
    new world order? Is this part of the socialist
    program to do away with the US Constitution?

    Begin by understanding that Marxist control
    Ecuador. What we are hearing is Marxist noise
    about controling the world.

    Look here for some discussion: tinyurl.com/c29a5pa

    The following is from the list of Communist goals contained in The Naked Communist:

    45. Repeal the Connally reservation so the United States cannot prevent the World Court from seizing jurisdiction over domestic problems. Give the World Court jurisdiction over nations and individuals alike.

  2. I see it more as an attempt by the criminals whom we call politicians to get vengeance on some who exposed some of their crimes.

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