Chapter 672

As for why Assange sought ZZ asylum in Ecuador instead of other countries?

Some media analysts believe that it may be related to an interview program Assange made with Ecuadorian President Correa.

In the program, Correa praised WikiLeaks for releasing the confidential U.S. diplomatic cables, which is conducive to the "transparency" of international relations, and invited Assange to Ecuador, the "Victims' Club", to seek asylum .

In the same year, a foreign minister of Ecuador expressed his willingness to provide Assange with a residence in the country "without any conditions." Although President Correa later said that this was the foreign minister's personal statement, he did not completely deny it. Whether Assange will be given asylum, so although Assange's true thoughts are unknown, finding Ecuador's help is likely to be related to this matter.

In addition, although this matter is apparently a "struggle" between the United Kingdom, Ecuador and Sweden, in fact, the shadow of the United States is everywhere behind it, and Assange is really worried about being extradited to Sweden after being convicted of the crime. Extradited to the United States to face charges of "espionage" and face the death penalty.

Based on this point, it is not difficult to understand Assange's choice to run away. Since he has run away, he will naturally not be able to go to the allies of the United States. Isn't that equivalent to throwing himself into a trap?

And precisely because Ecuador's current president, Correa, has always been a leader of the left in Latin America, has been in close contact with Venezuela, Iran, Cuba and other countries, often sings "opposed dramas" with the United States, and has a very tough wrist and attitude, Assange is likely to It is precisely because of this that he submitted ZZ's asylum request to Ecuador.

As far as Ecuador is concerned, the foreign minister of the country has stated in an interview with the media that the reason why the Ecuadorian government made this decision is that Assange's personal safety is indeed threatened at present.

Although the Swedish side prosecuted Assange on the grounds of pornography and sexual harassment, the Ecuadorians said that Assange may be persecuted by the Communist Party, which obviously alluded to the United States. He also said that the Swedish prosecutors did not give Assange has no right to defend himself, nor does he have due human rights protection.

Of course, after entering the Ecuadorian embassy, ​​it is basically impossible for Assange to fly from the UK to Ecuador. First of all, the Ecuadorian embassy in the UK is a diplomatic territory, and the British police cannot enter casually. Arrest possible.

And since Assange entered the embassy, ​​the British police have continued to deploy more police forces around the embassy, ​​making the embassy completely impenetrable. Not to mention Assange is such a big living person, even a bird can't even think about flying out, and the British The side has made it clear that it will not provide convenient passage from the Ecuadorian embassy to the airport, and according to British domestic law, the British government will have the right to revoke the diplomatic attribute of the Ecuadorian embassy, ​​forcefully enter and arrest Assange.

In addition to facilitating passage, Assange has several possibilities for "escape" from the UK.

One is that Ecuador provided Assange with diplomatic status, which means that Assange is regarded as an Ecuadorian diplomat, so that he has the right of diplomatic immunity. Arrested, despite the fact that British police have repeatedly arrested diplomats stationed in the country for drink driving in the past;

The second is to allow Assange to go to the airport in a vehicle with a diplomatic license plate provided by Ecuador. According to international law, vehicles with diplomatic license plates cannot be detained or confiscated, but sadly, the Ecuadorian embassy in the UK does not have an underground or internal parking lot, that is, Assange To get in the car, you must first get out of the embassy, ​​and even if Assange can get in the car, he always needs to get out of the car and board the plane, so it cannot be ruled out that the British police may make arrests at this time;

The third is to place Assange in a container and deliver it as a "diplomatic package". According to international law, the diplomatic package cannot be opened or confiscated during its delivery, and its size can be unlimited.

Therefore, this can also be regarded as a method, but international law also stipulates that the contents of diplomatic packages must be "official materials", so it is difficult to say whether this method will work.

So there is only one last way, which is that Assange can choose to stay in the Ecuadorian embassy for a long time. The most typical case of ZZ asylum applicants staying in a diplomatic embassy for a long time in history is that a Hungarian cardinal once lived in the U.S. embassy in Budapest It has been 15 years, but this is also related to the strong position of the United States.

Compared with the strong and weak relationship between the United States and Hungary, it is obvious that the British are much stronger than Ecuador.

But no one expected that the Ecuadorians vented all their anger towards the Americans on the British. They were stunned by John Bull's stalking and protected Assange. It has been almost 3 years now .

Of course, during these three years, Assange himself had a hard time. Anyone who hides in a dark room and faces a computer all day will not feel very comfortable. Although Assange often orders takeaway pizza to his room with a provocative nature, But this still cannot change his fate of not being able to leave the embassy.

The Ecuadorian embassy is also quite critical of Assange. According to legend, in order to protect Assange, the Ecuadorians have invested no less than 5 million U.S. dollars, and have completely become Assange's personal nanny, not only for him to eat and drink , and have to clean his room. Of course, these are not the main ones. The biggest impact is the crisis in the relationship between Ecuador and the European Union, which makes the Ecuadorians who do not have much support can't bear it.

But for now, Assange is still safe, and Ecuador has not broken faces.

But Yang Cheng saw a loophole. He didn't believe that Assange asked him for 10 million pounds to enjoy life.

Hansen was waiting for Yang Cheng's reply on the other end of the phone, but Yang Cheng remained silent for a long time, and Hansen couldn't help becoming anxious, "Boss, do we want to give him the money?"

Yang Cheng withdrew his thoughts, and said angrily, "Give him a pile of shit, Julian Assange is a pile of shit now, and whoever touches it will get all messed up."

He regretted it a little. He shouldn't have detonated the email incident hastily. History has proved that no one who gets involved in the scourge of Assange will have a good end.

Yang Cheng is different from Hansen, a group of upright soldiers. Everything he does is for profit. When he tried to cooperate with Assange, he also valued the WikiLeaks in his hands. He did not appreciate the so-called "Robin Hood" chivalrous spirit. Now that he realized that this guy was poisonous, Yang Cheng wished to stay as far away from him as possible, and wanted to make money from him? There are no doors! ()

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