Chicago Tribune (April 11)
“Long ago, Julian Assange wore out his welcome at Ecuador’s London embassy.” He finally “got his eviction notice Thursday…. Ecuador’s decision to hand Assange over had been a long time coming—too long. He was the embassy Guest Who Wouldn’t Leave. Now, finally, Assange has moved on to new lodgings — for the time being courtesy of the British authorities.”
Tags: Assange, Authorities, Ecuador, Embassy, Eviction notice, London, UK, Welcome
New York Times (February 21, 2012)
Free speech is under assault in Ecuador. Ecuador’s largest newspaper was ordered to pay a $42 million criminal libel judgment by the nation’s highest court. The ruling is the latest in a string of suspicious rulings apparently orchestrated by President Rafael Correa. “The United States and other democracies need to loudly protest Mr. Correa’s assault on a free press and his cynical hijacking of Ecuador’s judicial system.”
Tags: Ecuador, Free speech, Libel, Newspaper, Rafael Correa