http://news.uk.msn.com/uk/assange-granted-asylum-what-happens-now/
So what happens now?
Tariq Ali suggested that Ecuador should grant Assange citizenship, and appoint him to a diplomatic post in the London embassy. Julian would then have full diplomatic immunity and could freely leave this country. Seems like a good idea to me. Hague and the government together with the Swedish government are blatantly Kow Towing to demands from the United States to do everything they can to get Julian Assange to America. It is outrageous, sickening and clearly obvious to all, no matter what Hague or any others may say to the contrary. Storming the Ecuador Embassy to arrest a man for "questioning" (no charges have yet been made), on a trumped up, spurious allegation by the authorities in another country would be an outrage and indefensible in any court in the world.(apart perhaps from the United States). Moreover, it would probably result and rightly so, with the storming and occupation of many British embassies in a number of other countries. Hague and the others must accept that the days of British colonialist dictates to other countries are over, America should realise that their "bossing around" of other nations can and will be challenged and Sweden should get some backbone and tell the Americans to go to hell. Rendition, no matter how you dress it up or what you call it, is no longer acceptable.
Shortly after 1.30pm on Thursday, Ecuador announced that it
had granted political asylum to Julian Assange.Twenty
minutes later, the UK foreign office responded by restating its threat
to extract Assange from the Ecuadorean embassy in London. Ecuador has
requested that Assange be given safe passage out of the embassy, while
the UK has said it will arrest him as soon as he sets foot outside the
building.
So what happens now?
Tariq Ali suggested that Ecuador should grant Assange citizenship, and appoint him to a diplomatic post in the London embassy. Julian would then have full diplomatic immunity and could freely leave this country. Seems like a good idea to me. Hague and the government together with the Swedish government are blatantly Kow Towing to demands from the United States to do everything they can to get Julian Assange to America. It is outrageous, sickening and clearly obvious to all, no matter what Hague or any others may say to the contrary. Storming the Ecuador Embassy to arrest a man for "questioning" (no charges have yet been made), on a trumped up, spurious allegation by the authorities in another country would be an outrage and indefensible in any court in the world.(apart perhaps from the United States). Moreover, it would probably result and rightly so, with the storming and occupation of many British embassies in a number of other countries. Hague and the others must accept that the days of British colonialist dictates to other countries are over, America should realise that their "bossing around" of other nations can and will be challenged and Sweden should get some backbone and tell the Americans to go to hell. Rendition, no matter how you dress it up or what you call it, is no longer acceptable.
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