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Re: Wiki Leaks Founder Julian Assange granted 'Asylum' in Ecuador
Well, if Mr Assange gets to Ecuador, he better not criticise the President or any goverment official.....
Times (behind paywall)
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Human rights in Ecuador - Desacato — lack of respect towards the President — attracts a maximum sentence of two years. If a government official is offended, the sentence is three months
- Five journalists have been sentenced to jail for desacato since 2008. A further 18 faced similar charges.
- Violence and obstructing roads during protests against mining and oil projects are normally ordinary criminal offences, but Ecuador classifies them as sabotage and terrorism, carrying a much longer prison sentence
- The police enjoy impunity for abuses — there were 68 extrajudicial killings involving alleged police perpetrators between 1984 and 2008; few have been prosecuted
Source: Human Rights Watch and Times research
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