Only a week into Ecuador’s worldwide ban on the export of panama hats, the sanctions are beginning to bite. President Rafael Correa has said sanctions will remain in place until the British Government guarantees that it will grant Julian Assange safe passage to Quito.
Posted: Aug 22nd, 2012
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In a move that has surprised most but pleased many, the British Government has given Ecuador one final option to resolve the current diplomatic crisis. They can keep Julian Assange, but have to take George Galloway as well.
Posted: Aug 20th, 2012
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The founder of Wikileaks is already fitting in well, carefully listening in to the conversations of fellow housemates before immediately running off to The Diary Room to reveal all of their most intimate secrets.
Posted: Aug 17th, 2012
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Chief Justice Thompson said ‘The rules are very clear: Julian Assange has a right to try and conceal himself in the embassy grounds and the police must observe the internationally recognised counting to 100. And it’s got to be proper counting too, like ‘one mississippi, two mississippi’ followed by a loud ‘coming, ready or not, cobber!’
Posted: Jun 20th, 2012
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The extradition of Julian Assange to Sweden is set to be delayed by over a month after Foreign Secretary William Hague agreed to organise his evacuation from the UK.
‘We are doing everything we can to get him out of the country,’ said Mr Hague, ‘however, due to a string of unforeseen circumstances there have been some delays.’
Posted: Feb 25th, 2011
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