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‘London world capital of surveillance’

Also weighing-in on the Syria situation is Wikileaks – with Julian Assange promising to publish millions of emails to cast new light on the crisis. They’re supposed to show just how comfortable the West used to be with President Assad – and how the media is currently being manipulated to villify him. The whistleblower made [...]

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‘Assange embassy standoff a distraction from WikiLeaks key revelations’

Read on on.rt.com The West’s “perverse” empire is leading to the collapse of human rights, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said. The whistleblower, currently holed up in the UK’s Ecuadorian embassy, expects to leave in a year if Sweden drops its case against him. RT talks to Loz Kaye, leader of the UK Pirate Party. RT [...]

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Listening Post – Sex, lies and Wikileaks

As once friendly news outlets report the Julian Assange story more critically, we ask if the media has lost the plot. Have formerly friendly media outlets joined a witchhunt against Julian Assange? Plus, an interview with one of Egypt’s most influential voices, Yosri Fouda.

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Talk to Al Jazeera – Ricardo Patino: Ecuador ‘acts on principles’

On this episode of Talk to Al Jazeera, Ricardo Patino, the foreign minister of Ecuador, explains why his country decided to grant asylum to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange and the government’s relationship with the media in Ecuador.

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Assange dead or alive? UK wants arrest ‘under all circumstances’

Ecuador has scored another point in its diplomatic row with Britain over granting asylum to Julian Assange. 34-member bloc of American nations has declared ‘solidarity and support’ for the country – condemning the UK’s earlier threats to storm its embassy in London to get to the whistleblower. Laura Smith’s in Britain – a brings us [...]

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‘Ecuador stands by Assange’ – President Correa exclusively to RT

Ecuador is standing by its decision to grant asylum to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, who’s resisting Britain’s efforts to extradite him to Sweden to face sex crime claims. In an exclusive interview with RT’s Spanish channel, Ecuador’s president explains the choice he made, and says what he thinks Britain’s motives really are. RT LIVE rt.com [...]

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Obama: “Don’t Boo the Republicans. Vote!”

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Inside Story – What next for Julian Assange?

In what’s been described as his Evita Peron moment, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has criticised everything from the media to global politics, but gave no indication of his future plans.Jane Dutton speaks to Khawar Qureshi, Douglas Murray & Anthony Timmons.

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Anonymous avenge Assange by hitting UK govt sites

A group called ‘Anonymous’ launches a series of attacks on UK government websites to show their anger at Britain’s treatment of Julian Assange – READ MORE: on.rt.com RT LIVE rt.com Subscribe to RT! www.youtube.com Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com Follow us on Twitter twitter.com Follow us on Google+ plus.google.com RT (Russia Today) is a global [...]

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‘Assange Stalemate: Can’t stay, can’t go’

Sweden says it won’t hand Julian Assange to a third country if there was a risk he would face the death penalty there. UK Pirate Party Loz Kaye thinks these assurances don’t have legal binding nature. RT LIVE rt.com Subscribe to RT! www.youtube.com Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com Follow us on Twitter twitter.com Follow us [...]

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‘War on whistleblowers must end!’ – Assange speech at Ecuador Embassy

Julian Assange makes his first public appearance in two months, ever since he took refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy in London. The WikiLeaks founder was granted political asylum on Thursday — a decision that ignited a wave of international responses, with the UK and Sweden opposing the verdict and Latin American countries strongly supporting Ecuador’s [...]

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Assange Standoff: Hands off Ecuador!

Julian Assange has called for the US to stop its witch hunt against whistleblowers and also thanked Ecuador for granting him political asylum. He made his long-awaited statement on the balcony of the Latin American country’s London embassy surrounded by British police, who were ready to sweep him into custody if he set foot outside [...]

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