Detención de Assange es "momento negro" para libertad de prensa, dice Snowden
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Detención de Assange es "momento negro" para libertad de prensa, dice Snowden
El exanalista de la Agencia de Seguridad Nacional (NSA) estadounidense Edward Snowden, refugiado en Rusia, calificó hoy de "momento negro" para la libertad de prensa la detención en Londres del fundador de WikiLeaks, Julian Assange.
"Los críticos de Assange pueden alegrarse, pero este es un momento negro para la libertad de prensa", afirmó en su cuenta oficial de la red social Twitter.
Snowden, refugiado en Rusia desde hace más de cinco año después de revelar en 2013 detalles de programas de espionaje estadounidense de amplio alcance nacional e internacional, también criticó a las autoridades ecuatorianas.
"Las imágenes del embajador de Ecuador que invita a la policía secreta del Reino Unido a la Embajada para que saquen a rastras del edificio a un periodista premiado, terminarán en los libros de historia", sentenció.
Important background for journalists covering the arrest of Julian #Assange by Ecuador: the United Nations formally ruled his detention to be arbitrary, a violation of human rights. They have repeatedly issued statements calling for him to walk free--including very recently. pic.twitter.com/fr12rYdWUF
— Edward Snowden (@Snowden) 11 de abril de 2019
Images of Ecuador's ambassador inviting the UK's secret police into the embassy to drag a publisher of--like it or not--award-winning journalism out of the building are going to end up in the history books. Assange's critics may cheer, but this is a dark moment for press freedom. https://t.co/ys1AIdh2FP
— Edward Snowden (@Snowden) 11 de abril de 2019
This is one of the guys who was arresting Julian. So many people tried to tell me I was crazy and that they weren’t cops. https://t.co/xBpTgap6Zw
— Cassandra Fairbanks (@CassandraRules) 11 de abril de 2019
For the folks reflexively saying "there weren't any secret police!", here's the reporter who was on the ground saying some of the arresting officers had been staking out the embassy in plain clothes for days. https://t.co/T6LoOfCN9H
— Edward Snowden (@Snowden) 11 de abril de 2019
Former President of Ecuador: https://t.co/wcfvoI8m52
— Edward Snowden (@Snowden) 11 de abril de 2019
Julian Assange's lawyer: https://t.co/j7mrTfPBqp
— Edward Snowden (@Snowden) 11 de abril de 2019
Assange's lawyer: https://t.co/3xBnLp2ORg
— Edward Snowden (@Snowden) 11 de abril de 2019
And there it is. https://t.co/jEhIRM0Sj4
— Edward Snowden (@Snowden) 11 de abril de 2019
The weakness of the US charge against Assange is shocking. The allegation he tried (and failed?) to help crack a password during their world-famous reporting has been public for nearly a decade: it is the count Obama's DOJ refused to charge, saying it endangered journalism. https://t.co/xdTQ8xauB0
— Edward Snowden (@Snowden) 11 de abril de 2019
Además, recordó que en 2016 el Grupo de Trabajo de la ONU sobre Detenciones Arbitrarias concluyó que el australiano está en una "situación de detención arbitraria".
Snowden señaló que expertos independientes de Naciones Unidas han instado en repetidas ocasiones al Reino Unido a honrar sus obligaciones internacionales y a dejar que Assange salga libremente de la Embajada ecuatoriana.
URGENT: Ecuador has illigally terminated Assange political asylum in violation of international law. He was arrested by the British police inside the Ecuadorian embassy minutes ago.https://t.co/6Ukjh2rMKD
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) 11 de abril de 2019
URGENT
Julian Assange did not "walk out of the embassy". The Ecuadorian ambassador invited British police into the embassy and he was immediately arrested.— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) 11 de abril de 2019
URGENT: Julian Assange has been arrested by UK police.
DONATE:https://t.co/vvbZBOgCwL— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) 11 de abril de 2019
This man is a son, a father, a brother. He has won dozens of journalism awards. He's been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize every year since 2010. Powerful actors, including CIA, are engaged in a sophisticated effort to dehumanise, delegitimize and imprison him. #ProtectJulian pic.twitter.com/dVBf1EcMa5
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) 11 de abril de 2019
Assange arrest video:
"The UK must resist this attempt by the Trump administration"https://t.co/fq1JGfw40u— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) 11 de abril de 2019
Julian Assange will be taken to Westminster Magistrates court this afternoon. He has been arrested under a US extradition warrant for conspiracy with @xychelsea for publishing classified information revealing war crimes in 2010.https://t.co/vvbZBOgCwL
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) 11 de abril de 2019
Assange has been arrested in relation to a US extradition request for "conspiracy with Chelsea Manning" for publishing Iraq War Logs, Cablegate, Afghan War Logs, precisely the persecution for which he was granted asylum under the 1951 Refugee Convention in 2012. @unhumanrights pic.twitter.com/i0TezO3SdK
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) 11 de abril de 2019
US Attorney for Assange, Barry Pollack statement on Assange arrest on behalf of the US in relation to 2010 publications: pic.twitter.com/a3hC6aLg7A
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) 11 de abril de 2019
UK Metropolitan police confirm Assange has been arrested in relation to a US warrant. Assange lawyers confirm it concerns an alleged conspiracy with Chelsea Manning in relation to 2010 publications. https://t.co/oUZJT3XS3c
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) 11 de abril de 2019
The DOJ says part of what Assange did to justify his prosecution - beyond allegedly helping Manning get the documents - is he encouraged Manning to get more docs for him to publish. Journalists do this with sources constantly: it's the criminalization of journalism pic.twitter.com/GXNjWlkFZw
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) 11 de abril de 2019
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) 11 de abril de 2019
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) 11 de abril de 2019
BREAKING: A high level source within the Ecuadorian state has told @WikiLeaks that Julian Assange will be expelled within "hours to days" using the #INAPapers offshore scandal as a pretext--and that it already has an agreement with the UK for his arrest.https://t.co/adnJph79wq
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) 4 de abril de 2019
El fundador del portal WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, fue detenido este jueves en la embajada de Ecuador en Londres, después de que esta les autorizara a entrar en el recinto y una vez que el Gobierno ecuatoriano decidiera retirarle el asilo, informó a Efe una portavoz de Scotland Yard.
Assange, de 47 años, había entrado en la legación diplomática ecuatoriana en 2012 para evitar su extradición a Suecia, que entonces solicitaba su entrega por presuntos delitos sexuales y el temor a ser posteriormente extraditado a EU, donde podría ser condenado a cadena perpetua por divulgar datos secretos.
WikiLeaks confirmó que Ecuador ha clausurado el asilo político que había concedido a Assange, una decisión que calificó de "ilegal" y de "violación del derecho internacional".