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still_one

(92,242 posts)
Thu Apr 11, 2019, 11:00 AM Apr 2019

Oh my, Pamala Andersen is upset that Assange is arrested

"The arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange sparked passionate reactions from foes and allies alike on Thursday.

Supporters branded his arrest by British police an assault on freedom and a trampling of asylum protections, while his enemies hailed it as an overdue step towards justice.

……………

Here is a summary of reactions from officials, activists and celebrities to the 47-year-old Australian’s arrest.

– UK: Assange is ‘no hero’ –

Assange’s arrest shows “in the United Kingdom, no one is above the law,” British Prime Minister Theresa May declared.

British Foreign Minister Jeremy Hunt, said Assange “is no hero,” stating: “He has hidden from the truth for years and years and it is right that his future should be decided in the British judicial system.”

– Ecuador: ‘sovereign right’ –

“Ecuador has decided with sovereign rights to withdraw the diplomatic asylum to Julian Assange for repeatedly violating international conventions and the protocol of co-habitation,” President Lenin Moreno said on Twitter.

Moreno’s government said Ecuadoran nationality granted to Assange in 2017 was also withdrawn “due to various irregularities found in his paper work.”

– WikiLeaks: asylum halt ‘illegal’ –

“Ecuador has illegally terminated Assange’s political asylum in violation of international law,” WikiLeaks said on Twitter.

– Australia: ‘due process’ –

Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne said she was “confident” that Assange “will receive due process in the legal proceedings he faces in the United Kingdom.” She said consular officers would visit Assange in detention.

– UN expert: rights ‘violations’ –

Ecuador has exposed Assange “to a real risk of serious violations of his human rights” by placing him closer to extradition to the US, the United Nations special rapporteur on summary or arbitrary executions, Agnes Callamard, told AFP by email.

– Snowden: ‘Dark moment’ –

“Assange’s critics may cheer, but this is a dark moment for press freedom,” US whistleblower Edward Snowden said on Twitter.

– Russia: UK ‘strangling freedom’ –

“The hand of ‘democracy’ is strangling freedom,” Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Facebook.

– Ecuador leader branded ‘traitor’ –

“The greatest traitor in Ecuadorian and Latin American history, Lenin Moreno, allowed British police to enter our embassy in London to arrest Assange… What he has done is a crime that humanity will never forget,” Ecuador’s former leader Rafael Correa wrote on Twitter.

– Sweden accuser: reopen case –

“We will do everything we can to get the prosecutors to reopen the Swedish investigation so that Assange can be extradited to Sweden and be prosecuted for rape,” his accuser’s lawyer Elisabeth Massi Fritz told AFP.

– ‘Pamela Anderson: ‘shock’ –

“I am in shock. How could you Equador (sic)? (Because he exposed you). How could you UK?” wrote the former “Baywatch” actress Pamela Anderson, reportedly a close friend of Assange, on Twitter.

In colourful language, she suggested Britain acted under pressure from the United States and to divert attention from its woes over Brexit.

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/04/pamela-anderson-shock-russia-fuming-arrest-julian-assange/

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Oh my, Pamala Andersen is upset that Assange is arrested (Original Post) still_one Apr 2019 OP
well, I dont like Pamela Anderson anymore donkeypoofed Apr 2019 #1
Kid Rock's wife of less than 6 months is upset. Downtown Hound Apr 2019 #2
Journalists have no First Amendment protection when they assist in stealing information. If it's okaawhatever Apr 2019 #3
Ah! I was wondering what Pamela Anderso had to say about this. The Genealogist Apr 2019 #4
earth shaking, huh still_one Apr 2019 #5
aren't they a couple ? JI7 Apr 2019 #6
Fuck her feelings. nt Baltimike Apr 2019 #7
If Russia's upset about it, then I'm happy. lagomorph777 Apr 2019 #8
That speaks volumes still_one Apr 2019 #9
Fine, but what does Kim Kardashian think about it? JustABozoOnThisBus Apr 2019 #10
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ still_one Apr 2019 #11
Don't forget to ask her hubby - What's-his-name FakeNoose Apr 2019 #13
His name? Flakeyay or something like that. nt Blue_true Apr 2019 #15
Who? scrutineer Apr 2019 #12
Looks like her conjugal visits didn't give him the shield of invincibility as expected. nt Blue_true Apr 2019 #14

donkeypoofed

(2,187 posts)
1. well, I dont like Pamela Anderson anymore
Thu Apr 11, 2019, 11:05 AM
Apr 2019

She's more like her ex Kid Rock than I had imagined. I'm embarrassed to share a birth country with her! Keep tweeting Pam - it's the only time people think of you for a nano-second. Go take an acting class and STFU.

okaawhatever

(9,462 posts)
3. Journalists have no First Amendment protection when they assist in stealing information. If it's
Thu Apr 11, 2019, 11:12 AM
Apr 2019

dropped on their doorstep, fine. You can print it and have protection. When you assist an individual, including helping him with hacking a password on a classified DoD server, you are no longer considered a journalist. You're just a criminal. That is what Assange did, and he knows it That is why he hasn't left the embassy, and why Manning wouldn't testify.

Rafael Correa, former President of Ecuador, hates the US and was allied with Russia, Iran, VZ and Cuba. When he left office, it was pretty much a matter of time before Assange was kicked out.

The Genealogist

(4,723 posts)
4. Ah! I was wondering what Pamela Anderso had to say about this.
Thu Apr 11, 2019, 12:03 PM
Apr 2019

I hardly make take a position on a political topic without first consulting her opinion. in case needed

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