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Wikileaks betting ‘$1mn & editor’s head’ against Guardian claims that Manafort met Assange
Published time: 27 Nov, 2018 16:17
After the Guardian released an anonymously-sourced report on Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort’s alleged meetings with Julian Assange, Wikileaks says it was asked for comment, but its denial was not included in the article.

The report by Guardian’s Luke Harding, which is light on relevant details and based on unnamed “well-placed sources,” claims that Manafort, who managed US President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign and is currently in jail on related charges, met with Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange three times during Assange’s ongoing exile in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London.

The article says it’s unknown what the two supposedly discussed, but hints heavily that it was related to Russia’s alleged interference in the election – namely the leak of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) emails. Those documents were “stolen by Russian intelligence officers,” the Guardian claims.

As such, Harding writes, the meetings could be of interest to FBI Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who has been trying and failing to find definitive proof of Trump’s supposed “collusion” with Russia.

Except the meetings didn’t happen, Wikileaks says. The whistleblowing website is so adamant about this, it’s willing to bet “a million dollars and its editor’s head” on it.

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Moreover, Wikileaks has posted a screenshot of what it says is Harding’s request for comment it received hours before the Guardian’s publication. Comment was given but not included, it says.

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Over an hour after publication the Guardian article was updated to include Wikileaks’ reaction. Whether Harding’s anonymous sources will ultimately win against the whistleblowers’ all-in bet remains to be seen.

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December 21, 2018 - U.N. tells UK: Allow Assange to leave Ecuador Embassy freely
U.N. tells UK: Allow Assange to leave Ecuador embassy freely | Reuters

GENEVA - U.N. rights experts called on British authorities on Friday to allow WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to leave the Ecuador embassy in London without fear of arrest or extradition.

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FILE PHOTO: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange speaks on the balcony of the Embassy of Ecuador in London, Britain, May 19, 2017. REUTERS/Neil Hall

The U.N. Working Group on Arbitrary Detention reiterated its finding published in February 2016 that Assange had been de facto unlawfully held without charge in the embassy, where he has now been holed up for more than six years.

He initially took asylum to avoid being extradited to Sweden, where authorities wanted to question him as part of a sexual assault investigation. That investigation was dropped.

Assange, whose website published thousands of classified U.S. government documents, denied the Sweden allegations, saying the charge was a ploy that would eventually take him to the United States where prosecutors are preparing to pursue a criminal case against him.

Britain says Assange will be arrested for skipping bail if he leaves the embassy, but that any sentence would not exceed six months, if convicted. It had no immediate comment on the experts’ call, but in June, foreign office minister Alan Duncan said Assange would be treated humanely and properly.

“The only ground remaining for Mr. Assange’s continued deprivation of liberty is a bail violation in the UK, which is, objectively, a minor offense that cannot post facto justify the more than six years confinement that he has been subjected to since he sought asylum in the Embassy of Ecuador,” the U.N. experts said in a statement.

“It is time that Mr. Assange, who has already paid a high price for peacefully exercising his rights to freedom of opinion, expression and information, and to promote the right to truth in the public interest, recovers his freedom,” they said.

Lawyers for Assange and others have said his work with WikiLeaks was critical to a free press and was protected speech.

The experts voiced concern that his “deprivation of liberty” was undermining his health and could “endanger his life” given the disproportionate amount of anxiety that has entailed.

Ecuador in October imposed new rules requiring him to receive routine medical exams, following concern he was not getting the medical attention he needed. The rules also ordered him to pay medical and phone bills and clean up after his cat.

Assange has sued Ecuador, arguing the rules violate his rights. An Ecuadorean court on Friday upheld a prior ruling dismissing Assange’s suit.

“We have lost again,” said Carlos Povedo, Assange’s attorney in Ecuador, adding that the legal team would consider bringing a case to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.
 
36 members of the German Bundestag, the Dutch Parliament and the European Parliament urge UN Secretary General António Guterres, Ecuador’s President Lenin Moreno and British Prime Minister Theresa May to protect Julian Assange:

More than six years after the beginning of Julian Assange’s arbitrary detention after having sought asylum in the Embassy and in view of the International Human Rights Day on December 10th, we are urging for the unceasing protection of the publisher and founder of Wikileaks, which has reported on war crimes and other serious abuses committed by governments.
  • We are concerned about Mr Assange’s state of health and call on the governments of Britain and Ecuador to find a speedy solution.
  • We condemn the threat by the Ecuadorian government to deprive Assange of the asylum protection he received in the Embassy, while in the U.S., a sealed indictment has been issued against the Australian and Ecuadorian citizen.
  • We underscore the importance of the advisory opinion given by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights which commits the Ecuadorian state to work for the well-being of those who have sought protection in diplomatic missions.
  • We point out that the independent UN working group on arbitrary detention, the UNWGAD, has condemned the prosecution of Mr Assange as an arbitrary prosecution.
Should Mr Assange be put on the street by Ecuador without legal protection and clarification of his situation, an extradition to an unpredictable government in the USA that seeks to prosecute him and potentially sentence him for life could probably no longer be prevented.

The constant and unwonted threat from Britain and the United States, the years of arbitrary detention, the ongoing separation from his family, friends and loved ones, the lack of proper medical care, the most recent isolation of Mr Assange since March of this year; these are indeed very serious and egregious violations of Human Rights, in the heart of Europe.

We therefore call for his immediate release, together with his safe passage to a safe country.
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Chris Hedges Interviews Julian Assange of Wikileaks
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Chris Hedges recently interviewed Julian Assange of Wikileaks for www.truthdig.com and a very much anticipated new article titled "The Death of Truth." Filter Free Radio's Jacob Dean and Skeptical Scott breakdown the crucial importance of whistle blowers, truth tellers, investigative journalists, and independent media people like Hedges, Assange, and Manning. Plus how far is corrupted power willing to go to silence and suppress those who seek to expose the corruption? This is a clip from FFR Episode 88 recorded live on 05/09/2013
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Source: Assange may be expelled from Ecuadorean embassy within ‘hours to days’, govt source tells WikiLeaks

The Ecuadorean embassy in London is set to expel Julian Assange within “hours to days”, using the corruption scandal leaks as a pretext, WikiLeaks claimed, citing a high-level source in the South American country.
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What a signal ... if he indeed happens, moreover for a "corruption scandal leak" ... no more need to keep appearance.

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NB. already reported with: Ecuador: INA Papers twist is a pretext to oust Assange -- Sott.net
 
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Assange has remained on the premises of the Ecuadorian embassy in London, where he was granted asylum, since 2012

April 5, 2019 - Ecuador dismisses reports that WikiLeaks founder will be expelled from embassy soon
Ecuador dismisses reports that WikiLeaks founder will be expelled from embassy soon

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Ecuador’s Foreign Ministry has dismissed as rumors a report that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will be kicked out of the republic’s embassy in London soon, El Comercio newspaper reported.

"Ecuador is not answering rumors, hypotheses or suggestions, which are not confirmed by any documents," the newspaper quoted a ministry spokesman as saying.

Earlier, WikiLeaks reported citing its sources in Ecuador that Assange would be expelled from the South American republic’s embassy in the UK capital within "hours to days." According to the organization, Quito and London had reached an agreement on arresting the WikiLeaks founder.

Assange has remained on the premises of the Ecuadorian embassy in London, where he was granted asylum, since 2012. The WikiLeaks founder tried to avoid extradition to Sweden, which had issued a warrant for his arrest on sexual harassment and rape charges. Assange dismissed the accusations as politically motivated. His worst fear was that Sweden might deport him to the United States, where the Australian could face 35 years in prison or capital punishment for publishing secret documents of the US Department of State. In 2017, the case against him in Sweden was closed, but the UK insists that Assange should be arrested due to his failure to appear in a London court.
 
Julian Assange arrested by UK police after nearly seven years in embassy
"The MPS had a duty to execute the warrant, on behalf of Westminster Magistrates' Court, and was invited into the embassy by the ambassador, following the Ecuadorian Government's withdrawal of asylum."

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Julian Assange charged by US after being arrested by London police

The US Government alleges the WikiLeaks founder engaged in a 2010 conspiracy with Chelsea Manning, who served seven years in military prison for leaking classified data, and charged him with conspiracy to commit computer intrusion.
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