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Julian Assange arrested at Ecuadorian embassy in London

posted 5 years ago by Rorikon (16467)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oqJiNzJQ_E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cf0ckGRy4WI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N00e6kKRfok < - Magistrate court live stream to occur whenever
https://twitter.com/wikileaks

And the quack is no more after asylum status withdrawal. He sounds like a tired old man with the 'We must resist!' phrase and santa beard. Hiding for 7 years in the embassy only to finally end. If he gets extradited back to the US he could face the death penalty under conspiracy for revealing war crimes back in 2010.

He mostly exposed western society corruption which is a good thing but never the other side be it Russia or China. At least I never seen those yet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25EWUUBjPMo

[–] Satan2016 (23560) 5 years ago

More: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-47891737

Looks like the embassy revoked his shaving rights! The "death penalty" claim is just paranoia, max sentence is 5 years.

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

Max sentence for violating bail conditions.

If he goes to the US he will never be seen again.

[–] Rorikon (16467) 5 years ago

Actually I heard reports of 30 years or more.

[–] slimone (7996) 5 years ago

Assange has been through enough. The whole rape business was "alleged" only, never proven.Why doesn't everybody just leave him alone? What he did with wikileaks was exposing what needed to be exposed.

[–] Cuthbert (732) 5 years ago

Because he represents what’s possible to expose.

I’m sure the powers that be would like to scare people away from whistle blowing.

[–] halomaniac88 (1736) 5 years ago

nobody wants a pot stirer

[–] Cuthbert (732) 5 years ago

Not corrupt people in power, anyway.

[–] halomaniac88 (1736) 5 years ago

all people in power are corrupt

[–] Cuthbert (732) 5 years ago

Every last one?

[–] Destinata (2647) 5 years ago

Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Or so they say. And since politics is the art of compromise, wouldn't it be true that the longer you've been in government, the more corrupt you'd become, until you'd compromised away all your principles?

[–] Rorikon (16467) 5 years ago

My question is, did he only expose crimes from Western powers only? If so, he's just playing sides to make the west look bad (even though its true) and give more favorability towards Russia/China. If he did it for both sides then he's a real truth teller and not just picking sides. Maybe that's why some people think Assange is some Russian stooge or spy. All powerful countries do war crimes, I bet there are tons done by Russia in Syria with their dumb bombs vs US precision guided missiles.

[–] Cuthbert (732) 5 years ago

The short answer is no. WL has published material from both China and Russia but not nearly as much as they have on the west. And the stuff I know about is minor in comparison.
They always say that they only publish what the whistle blowers provide and they don't hack. If no one gives them material on China or Russia or Trump or whatever, then they don't have anything to publish on them.
It does seem a bit far fetched, but it may be true.
You can search their website:
https://wikileaks.org

[–] liscarkat (16652) 5 years ago

I hope this dirtbag gets his ass nailed to the wall like he deserves.

[–] Geff (453) 5 years ago

Good, this racist anti-American spy needs to rot in prison.

[–] slimone (7996) 5 years ago

Julian Assange published truthful information. Wikileaks provides government transparency info which is badly needed now.