On Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 09:15:58AM -0400, Digitalfolklore wrote:
> On 26 June 2018 11:53 AM, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
> > On Sat, Jun 23, 2018 at 08:45:05PM +0100, Ben Tasker wrote:
> > > On Sat, Jun 23, 2018 at 6:46 PM, Ryan Carboni rya...@gmail.com wrote:
> > >
> > > > Of course Assange is an
On Sat, Jun 23, 2018 at 08:45:05PM +0100, Ben Tasker wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 23, 2018 at 6:46 PM, Ryan Carboni wrote:
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> > Of course Assange is an Ecuadorian citizen, so if they wanted to, they
> > could have him leave the embassy through temporary diplomatic status,
> > particularly since
On Sat, Jun 23, 2018 at 6:46 PM, Ryan Carboni wrote:
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> Of course Assange is an Ecuadorian citizen, so if they wanted to, they
> could have him leave the embassy through temporary diplomatic status,
> particularly since he isn't accused of any crime by the British.
>
No, no they couldn't.
This is a principle that is uncontroversial, that the state's actions
against citizens must be limited and subject to open and transparent
processes, not by a consensus of people selected to form the consensus, and
that the government itself is not infallible (exemplified by the omniscient
US
in
the Ecuadorean embassy in London.
The persecution of Julian Assange must end. Or it will end in tragedy.
The Australian government and prime minister Malcolm Turnbull have an
historic opportunity to decide which it will be.
They can remain silent, for which history will be unforgiving
