CHARLIE GILLETT

BBC "ON THE WIRE", 25th BIRTHDAY LIVE SHOW

BBC "ON THE WIRE",  25th BIRTHDAY LIVE SHOW
ADRIAN SHERWOOD AND STEVE BARKER PERUSE SOME VIDEO

John Peel, Legendary DJ, Musical Sage and a nice bloke.

THE MISSING JESUS AND MARY

THE MISSING JESUS AND MARY
THE MISSING JESUS AND MARY IN CLITHEROE

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

WikiLeaks founder takes refuge in London embassy in bid to avoid extradition to Sweden

The South American country says it is "studying and analysing the request".  I for one cannot blame him.  This is not to say that i think that people should get off scott free from charges of sexual assault but this is assuming that he is guilty before any charges or evidence are produced and as we all know its common for other governments to suck up to the American government and I have little doubt that once in the  custody of the US military, he is unlikely to get a fair deal and may find himself under threat of a death sentence via  a minor assault allegation.  

The USA dont like being questioned and in the famous words of the Gestapo in Hitlers Germany their attitude can be described as "we ask the questions!"  I like many other people, saw the leaked video of from the American helicopter gun ship which used heavy calibre machine guns to kill several people " apparently civilians, in a Baghdad back street a mile away who did not appear to be much of a threat to anyone. 
So which is worsethen,  to kill civilians in the street of a foreign sovereign nation or to merely witness and publicise such an event.  Surely we cannot allow double standards like this to hold sway either domestically or in International events. Might, must not be assumed to be right whether at home or away.  I support Mr Assange,s actions in releasing this kind of information via his wikileaks website 100% and its all the more ironic that he is being threatened by the very forces which he set up Wikileaks to counter.  Long may he continue to fight such oppression.

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