'Ecuador stands by Assange' - President Correa

Fri Aug 24, 2012 10:31 pm » by **WillEase666**

Published on Aug 24, 2012 by RTAmerica

Ecuador is standing by its decision to grant asylum to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, who's resisting Britain's efforts to extradite him to Sweden to face sex crime claims. In an exclusive interview with RT's Spanish channel, Ecuador's president explains the choice he made, and says what he thinks Britain's motives really are.

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Sat Aug 25, 2012 12:26 am » by **WillEase666**

Battle over Assange: OAS supports Ecuador in a row with Britain

Published on Aug 24, 2012 by RTAmerica

The Organization of American States convened on Friday to discuss the case of Julian Assange while the UK and Ecuador remain at diplomatic battle. Ecuador's President Correa has granted the founder of WikiLeaks asylum but the problem for Assange now is how to get safe passage from the Ecuadorian embassy in London to the airport. UK law endorsement officials are threatening the whistleblower, and Eva Golinger, attorney and author, joins RT's Liz Wahl to speak about the matter.

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Sat Aug 25, 2012 12:42 am » by **Mushroom**

I think that there is alot of political pressure from the US for this extradition. I would like him to stand trial for the sexual allegations ONLY and let the jury decide whether he is guilty as charged.
In the UK, alot of trials are conducted via a video link.. so why not let him stay in the embassy and set up a video link for him to give evidence? It happens in other cases.

Also, George Galloway has been heavily criticised for his recent comments, but a jury would probably agree.

George Galloway dismissed the act of having sex with a woman as she slept – one of the allegations made against Julian Assange – as nothing more than "bad sexual etiquette" if the pair had already had sex the night before. "Not everybody needs to be asked prior to each insertion," the Respect MP said.

Galloway's suggestion that once you've had sex with someone once, you don't need to ask every time, plays out on jury panels too, lawyers say. "The general public are very easily persuaded, I'm afraid, that in the context of a long-standing relationship there's a presumption of consent," says Miranda Moore QC, a barrister with wide experience of both prosecuting and defending rape cases.

Let him stand trial via video link which removes the doubt of the US wanting to extradite him from Sweden. If he is found guilty, let him serve his sentence in the UK. If he is guilty of rape he won't have an easy ride in prison over here.. and if he's innocent then he has nothing to worry about.

Just my opinion.