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Since 2012 Assange has taken refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, the country that granted him the right to asylum.  For a decade now, Assange has been the object of legal persecution and media harassment, largely under fabricated pretexts. Deep down, it is clear that Wikileaks is not forgiven for having divulged confidential information of great public relevance.

The revelation, in mid-November, that the US has made an accusation against the journalist, the content of which would only be made public when he is arrested, ratifies the fears of Assange and his legal team of an extradition to the US, where he could run the risk of the death penalty, which is the reason why he was granted asylum.  The United Kingdom has confirmed that, if he leaves the Embassy, he will be arrested for violating probation six years ago.

The government of Ecuador, for its part, held Julian Assange incommunicado six months ago, arguing that his opinion on international political issues violates his condition as an asylum seeker. More recently, the embassy imposed new restrictions on the conditions of stay in the embassy through a "protocol," which conditions visits and prohibits him from carrying out journalist activities and expressing his opinions, under the threat of losing his asylum.  Everything indicates that there is an intention to pressure the journalist to turn himself in.

All this is happening in the context of Lenin Moreno's government's rapprochement with the US. According to various sources, the granting of loans and the negotiation of a trade agreement between the United States and Ecuador would have as a condition the surrender of the journalist Assange to the British authorities.

The harassment of Julian Assange constitutes an eminent case of political persecution and censorship of free investigative journalism.  It is unacceptable that the governments of the United States and Great Britain, which proclaim the defense of press freedom and transparency, maintain this persecution.

Ecuador, for its part, has been courageous in granting him asylum during these years, in difficult conditions.  We urge the government to respect and guarantee the inalienable Right of Asylum and all of Mr. Assange's human rights and not to give in to the pressures to hand him over to the British authorities.

We call on journalists, intellectuals, social organisations, international and human rights bodies to speak out emphatically in defence of Julian Assange and in rejection of any attempt to hand him over to the British or American authorities.

No more political persecution of Julian Assange! The Right of Asylum must be maintained without restriction.  To protect Assange is to protect the freedom of the press and of expression.

Foro de Comunicación para la Integración de NuestrAmérica (FCINA)

Signatures:

 

Carlos Motto, Docente, Argentina

Red de Radios Comunitarias y Software Libre, Ecuador

Comite de Solidaridad con América Latina, A Coruña, España

Pascual Manganiello, Agrup."Jorge Di Pascuale", Sindicato de Farmacia-ADEF, Argentina

Arantxa Alcaino Salas, Videasta, Chile

Yolanda Andersson, Movimiento Humanista, USA

Judith Arteaga Romero, México

ALBA TV, Venezuela

Robert Austin, Dept. of History, University of Sydney, Australia

David Barken, México

María Fernanda Barreto, Red de intelectuales, artistas y movimientos sociales en defensa de la Humanidad, Venezuela

Sarisol, Canales Organización de la Sociedad Civil, México

Gonzalo Carbajal, periodista, Argentina

Yves Carrier, Canadá

Centro de Derechos Humanos "Fray Francisco de Vitoria, O.P.", A.C., México

Ana Esther Ceceña, México

Centro de Estudios Humanistas de Córdoba, Argentina

Camille Chalmers, Haití

Susana Clares, México

Nestor Correa, Profesor-Dirigente AGD-UBA, Argentina

Coral Delgado, Socióloga/ Profesora, France

Arturo Escobar, Antropólogo, United States

María Fajardo, Comunicadora y docente universitaria, Ecuador

Virgínia Fontes, Historiadora, Brasil

Jeremy Fox, England, UK

Frente Patriótico Artiguista (FPA), Uruguay-Sur América

Maria Luiza Franco Busse, Jornalista, Brasil

Maria Garau, Colombia

Emiliano González de Urreta, Docente, Argentina

René González Sehwerert, Ex preso político en USA, Cuba

María Guadalupe Guadarrama Huerta, Analista, Inst. Invs. Económicas, UNAM, México

Marynez Guerra Briceño, Periodista, Venezuela

Pablo Imen, Argentina

Gilberto López y Rivas, Investigador del INAH, México   

Iñaki Zelaia Eizagirre, España

Claudio Katz, Argentina

Jorge Alberto Kreyness, Partido Comunista de la Argentina, Argentina

Eloísa Xóchitl Le Riverend Morales, Investigadora titular, Inst Finlay (jubilada) Deputy Editor Belize Journal of Medicine, Cuba

Enrique Leff, Sociólogo/Filósofo, México

Patricia Legarreta, México

Julian López Mendieta, Arquitecto, Colombia

Luis Britto García, Escritor, Venezuela

Josep V Marín, Periodista, psicólogo social, España

Rev. Luis Carlos Marrero Chasbar, Teólogo, Cuba

Jorge Martín, Hands Off Venezuela, Reino Unido

Francisco Javier Martinez, Docente, México

Alexander Medina, Venezuela

Eduardo Mernies, Frente Amplio – Uruguay, Uruguay

Fernando Michelotti, Professor, Brasil

Carlos Monge Meneses, Costa Rica

Juan Moreno, Argentina

Rubén Olmo Gilabert, Valencia, España

Raúl Ornelas, Profesor Universitario, México

Carmen Peña, Secretaria do Observatorio dos Medios Galegos, Galiza, Spain

Rebeca Peralta Mariñelarena, Profesora, Bolivia

Partito della Rifondazione Comunista - Sinistra Europea (PRC-SE), Italia

Fátima Rallo Gutiérrez, Pta. Consejo Organizaciones Sociales y Populares del Paraguay, Paraguay

Viviana  Ramírez, Profesora secundaria estatal (jubilada), Australia

Franco Reynoso, Empleado, México

Pastor Ricardez, Mexico

Radioliberada (RL), Venezuela

Rosa Rojas, Periodista, México

Fernando Sánchez Cuadros, México

Pablo Sepúlveda Allende, Médico, Venezuela

Dr. Rashid Sherif, Médico-siquiatra, Túnez

Pablo Siris, Periodista, Uruguay

Miguel Socolovsky, Investigador Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, UNAM, México     

Jose Luis Tagliaferro, Educador, Italia

Benjamín Tirado Hernández, Jubilado, México

Oscar Ugarteche, México

Armand Mattelart, Universidad de Paris, Francia

Laura Gabriela Velázquez García, México

José Antonio Villamizar Reyes, Colombia

Alberto Villarreal, Uruguay

Simona Violetta Yagenova, Profesora FLACSO, Guatemala

Sally Burch, Ecuador

Vera León, Ecuador

Alex Anfruns, periodista, Bruselas

Camila Piñeiro Harnecker, Universidad de La Habana, Cuba


Hugo Crosatto, Argentina

Pablo A.de la Vega M., Activista y defensor de derechos humanos, Ecuador

Maria Grazia De Nardi, Italia

Anssi, Haapala, Finland

Marta Albarrán, España

Raúl Andrés Casanova Sosa, Analista de sistemas, Venezuela

Maria Jesús Garcia, Trabajadora Social, España

Sergio Mastríaco, Argentina

Gonzalo Mendizabal, Uruguay

Victor Mercado, Maestro, España

Ana María Palos de Foronda, estudiante, México/España

Pedro Ribeiro de Oliveira, sociólogo, profesor, Brasil

Pablo Ruiz, Coordinador America Latina de SOAWatch, Chile

Richard Stallman, US

Carla Zambrano, Venezuela

Agencia internacional de noticias Pressenza

Asociación Bahia de Cádiz (ABdC) , España

Teresa Burgues Rius, bióloga, España

María Victoria Caro Bernal, España

Pedro Castillla Madriñan, España

M. Carme Catalan, España

Jorge Fonseca, España

Ana Ma. Francino, economista, España

Remedios García, España

José María García Goday, médico, España

Soledad Gato Velasco, jubilada, España

Moncho Leal, Galiza

Maria Ángeles Lorda Rosinach, Catalunya

Pablo Lozano, directora - www.TribunaHacker.com.ar, ArgentinaAlfonso Martínez, Galicia

Ramón María Reig Masana, arquitecto, Cataluña

Javier Rodriguez, maestro, España

Francisco Rubio, España

Elvira Siurana Zaragoza, editora, España

Giovanna Venegas, abogada, España

Mirko von Berner, Madrid

Elder Andrade de Paula, professor universitário, Brasil


José Poma, consultor independiente, Ecuador

De Nardi Maria Grazia, Italia

Claudia Tovar, Profesora Pontificia Universidad Javeriana

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