アメリカ合衆国の知識人や映画役者はアメリカ軍の秘密を暴露したウィキリークすの創始者のジュリアン=あさんじ(Julian Assange)氏のエクアドルへの亡命を支持
Intelectuales y miembros de Hollywood apoyan la petición de asilo de Assange
Noam Chomsky, Oliver Stone o Michael Moore están entre los 4.000 firmantes de una carta en la que solicitan a Ecuador que garantice la protección del fundador de Wikileaks
Lee, en inglés, la carta de intelectuales y activistas de EE UU
Eva Sáiz Washington 21 AGO 2012 - 05:06 CET
Hollywood intellectuals and members support Assange asylum
Noam Chomsky, Oliver Stone or Michael Moore are among the 4,000 signatories of a letter requesting to Ecuador to ensure the protection of the founder of Wikileaks
Lee, in English, the letter of intellectuals and activists in the U.S.
Eva Saiz Washington 21 AGO 2012 - 05:06 CET
Intellectuals like Noam Chomsky or Naomi Wolf, relevant personalities of Hollywood directors Oliver Stone and Michael Moore and actor Danny Glover, comedian Bill Maher, who donated a million dollars to Barack Obama for reelection, or Daniel Ellsberg, who fliltró the 'Pentagon Papers', are among the more than 4,000 signatories of a letter of Just Foreign Policy on Monday sent to the Embassy of Ecuador in London. In the letter urging the president, Rafael Correa, to run the asylum request of Julian Assange to avoid the risk of being extradited to the U.S..
Those responsible for the letter, which is available on the website of Just Foreign Policy, argues that the founder of Wikileaks has good reason to fear that, if extradited to Sweden, finished in the USA. "The actions of the British and Swedish governments suggest that it intends to transfer Mr. Assange to Sweden because, due to existing treaties and other policies would probably be much easier to extradite him to the U.S. to stand trial," stated in the text . The signatories argue that the Obama administration "has made clear his hostility to Wikileaks" and ensure that the U.S. could face a request for the death penalty if convicted on justice violating the Espionage Act.
"Mr Assange is not a U.S. citizen and none of their actions have taken place on U.S. soil," continues the letter which argued that Correa's decision to grant political asylum to the founder of Wikileaks has been taken "under the law international "and where censorship intention of the British government of" threatening to violate the sacrosanct principles governing diplomatic relations to try to invade the Ecuadorian Embassy to arrest Assange. "
The signatories argue that the Obama administration "has made clear his hostility to Wikileaks" and say that here the petition could face the death penalty if the U.S. justice condemns him for violating the Espionage Act
The contents of the letter, which was delivered at the headquarters of the Embassy of Ecuador in London by the policy director of Just Foreign Policy, Robert Naiman, has made public the same day that the State Department has reiterated that the U.S. did not press for the extradition to Sweden WikiLeaks founder after Assange censor the statements delivered on Sunday from the balcony of the building of the Ecuadorian embassy in Britain, where he has taken refuge, in accusing Obama of supporting a "witch hunt" against its website. Hillary Clinton's spokeswoman, Victoria Nuland, told a news conference criticized "desperate arguments" of Assange that said, only obey a strategy to divert attention from the sexual assault trial that awaits in Sweden.
Firms demand more relevant experience as a marked trail activists and critics of American social and political system. Moore, main champion against the policies of George W. Bush during his eight years as head of the White House, Barack Obama supported in his bid for the presidency in 2008 and is a strong supporter of Occupy Wall Street. Oliver Stone in recent decades has underpinned its controversial vein with his documentaries in favor of Fidel Castro or Hugo Chavez. Although in 2008 supported the candidacy of Obama, recently said that it would like to see in the U.S. presidency to Ron Paul, Republican candidate in the recent primaries of his party and admired by the Tea Party. Danny Glover is an actor of Hollywood's most politically engaged. The Lethal Weapon star, whose activism has led him to prison on several occasions, was a staunch opponent of the Iraq war and even accused Bush of racism. In 2008 also supported the current U.S. president in the race for the White House.
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