The
recent violation of Assange’s rights as both political asylee and
citizen of Ecuador sends a chilling message to Ecuadorians who are
being increasingly targeted for their political views both within
Ecuador and abroad.
by
Whitney Webb
Part
1
Last
week, Ecuador’s government gravely undermined not only its own
national sovereignty but international refugee and asylum laws by
allowing U.K. police into its London embassy to arrest
then-Ecuadorian citizen, Ecuadorian asylee, and journalist Julian
Assange.
As has
been observed by many analysts, the shocking yet somewhat anticipated
decision has shown that Ecuador’s government — led by Lenín
Moreno — is willing to play fast and loose with its domestic laws,
as well as international law, if it stands to benefit Moreno and his
increasingly unpopular administration, whose approval rating now
hovers at around 30 percent.
In the
hours that followed Assange’s disturbing arrest, which saw him
dragged from the embassy by British police, Ecuador’s government
has wasted no time in taking actions that are not only highly
troubling but show Moreno’s willingness to embrace fascist tactics
in his desperate bid to silence dissent.
Indeed,
a key factor in Moreno’s decision to revoke Assange’s asylum and
Ecuadorian citizenship, was alleged to be Moreno’s rage at
WikiLeaks — the organization Assange founded but no longer runs —
for simply retweeting and spreading information regarding the
burgeoning INA Papers corruption scandal, which centers around an
offshore bank account in Panama linked to Moreno and his family.
Notably,
the firestorm of media coverage around Assange’s violent removal
from the embassy has distracted from the media coverage of the
scandal.
Source,
links:
https://www.mintpressnews.com/with-assange-arrest-ecuador-creeps-further-towards-authoritarianism/257381/
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Nearly a year ago, these predictions unfortunately are now reality: https://t.co/gQonJV7uSC
— failedevolution (@failedevolution) April 12, 2019
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