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Julian Assange to Be Expelled from Ecuadorian Embassy in London

• cgoecknerwald 8y ago
  The article does not mention that WikiLeaks claims the expulsion is punishment for revealing corruption within high levels of the Ecuadorian government. [1] > "WikiLeaks cited the unidentified person as saying the planned expulsion is a response to the organization’s recent tweet linking to a website that alleged money laundering and corruption during Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno’s time as United Nations special envoy for the disabled in Geneva." [2] [1] https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/1113923253150670848 https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/1113923253150670848 [2] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-05/ecuador-to-expel-assange-within-hours-to-days-wikileaks-says https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-05/ecuador-t...
• pinewurst 8y ago
  Note this is the Express - the source of too many articles about planet Niburu coming to destroy the Earth.
  • the_fonz 8y ago
    Nawh, it's definitely Nabiru ;) Thanks for the heads-up.
  • acct1771 8y ago
    Being willing to publish anyone's stories is just like reading dead comments. There are diamonds in the rough - don't miss them.
• eagerbeaver 8y ago
  dupe? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19579832 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19579832
• skilled 8y ago
  Express == garbage journalism.
• auslander 8y ago
  I would sneak out with fake beard, buy papers and hide in Thailand years ago.