Venezuelan authorities rejects arrest of Julian Assange

He Chancellor of the Republic, Jorge Arreazacategorically rejected this Thursday the deprivation of diplomatic asylum and the arrest of the Australian-Ecuadorian citizen and founding father of WikiLeaks, Julian Assangefollowing seven years of receiving political asylum from Ecuador.

In an announcement issued by the Chancellery of the Republic, Venezuela expresses that “his crime is to have revealed to the world the darkest and most legal face of the” wars of regime change “carried out by the US empire, and specifically, the huge murders of civilians, and the blatant violations of human rights in Iraq ”.

The textual content highlights that this arrest “and its eventual extradition to the USAconstitutes a shameful affront to Worldwide Legislation, to his human rights and places his life at imminent danger ”, for the reason that means during which it was finished violates his rights as a citizen.

The portal of founding father of Wikileaks He turned well-known for publishing hundreds of secret paperwork from the US State Division. Assange fears he will probably be extradited to america, the place he might face the dying penalty for disclosing labeled info.

Right here is the complete textual content:

The President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro Moroson behalf of the Authorities and the Venezuelan individuals, expresses its most categorical rejection of the atrocious choice that disadvantaged the Australian-Ecuadorian citizen Julian Assange of the appropriate of diplomatic asylum, and his subsequent arrest in London, carried out clumsily and shamefully by the police British.

Julian Assange is a persecuted politician of the US authorities. His crime is to have revealed to the world the darkest and most legal face of the “wars of regime change” being carried out by the US empire, and specifically, the huge killings of civilians, and the blatant violations of human rights in Iraq.

Julian Assange is an activist for freedom of data and freedom of expression, the common proper of humanity. His ominous give up to British justice and his eventual extradition to USAconstitutes a shameful affront to Worldwide Legislation, to your human rights and places your life at imminent danger. Having handed him over to the police, as if he have been a legal, from a diplomatic compound, additionally constitutes a critical violation of the constitutional rights of a citizen who was granted Ecuadorian citizenship and is subsequently in possession of all Your rights.

Venezuela joins the thousands and thousands of voices and consciences that on the earth demand that the British Authorities respect the integrity and human rights of Julian Assange. The Australian-Ecuadorian journalist shouldn’t be handed over to america the place his life is in peril resulting from a rigged judicial course of, during which the fees of which he’s accused haven’t even been revealed, and the place there may be clearly an intention to finish his life.

For the respect of the appropriate of asylum, for the respect of worldwide legality, Julian Assange should be launched instantly, his life and integrity should be protected and revered.

AVN