Julian Assange still on most-wanted list despite asylum decision: Interpol

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Raphael Satter and Gonzalo Solano, Associated Press
Aug 16, 2012 10:37 PM ET
Last Updated: Aug 16, 2012 11:08 PM ET

... Interpol, the Lyon, France-based international police agency, issued a statement late Thursday saying Assange remains on the equivalent of its most-wanted list, the Ecuadorian decision notwithstanding ...

Under Ecuador’s asylum offer, Assange is not permitted to make political statements or grant interviews of a political nature, restrictions that are standard for anyone granted asylum, said an Ecuadorean Foreign Ministry official, who was not authorized to be quoted by name ...

In a mark of its anger over the asylum ruling, the Swedish Foreign Ministry said it had summoned Ecuador’s ambassador to complain about the decision. The country’s foreign minister, Carl Bildt, said in a message posted on Twitter that “our firm legal and constitutional system guarantees the rights of each and every one. We firmly reject any accusations to the contrary” ...

The issue already seems to have frayed diplomatic ties between the U.K. and Ecuador. Britain’s previous ambassador to Ecuador, Linda Cross, departed earlier this year and had been due to be replaced this month by Patrick Mullee. But his arrival has been delayed ...

http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/08/16/julian-assange-still-on-most-wanted-list-despite-ecuadors-decision-to-grant-him-asylum-interpol/

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1. Chevron have many assets in UK?

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2. the interpol website does not show assange to be wanted by sweden

or anyone else
maybe he is on a special list

compare with standard procedure-
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/expat/expatnews/9458223/Benny-Wenda-removed-from-Interpol-wanted-list.html

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3. I went to the interpol site and found Assange on the front page

http://www.interpol.int/

16 August 2012 - Media release
INTERPOL Red Notice for Julian Assange remains in force

LYON, France – INTERPOL confirms that its Red Notice, or international wanted persons alert, issued for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at Sweden’s request in November 2010 remains valid.

Confirmation that Mr Assange’s Red Notice status remains in force follows Thursday’s decision by authorities in Ecuador to grant asylum to Mr Assange, two months after he took refuge in its London embassy while fighting extradition from the UK to Sweden where authorities want to question him in connection with alleged sexual offences.

A Red Notice status is a request for any country to identify or locate an individual with a view to their provisional arrest and extradition in accordance with the country’s national laws.

Many of INTERPOL's member countries consider a Red Notice a valid request for provisional arrest, especially if they are linked to the requesting country via a bilateral extradition treaty. In cases where arrests are made based on a Red Notice, these are made by national police officials in INTERPOL member countries.

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4. pick someone else on the front page and search interpol for their name

success

search for assange in various ways
no results

is he on a special list?

compare with standard procedure, or, why the headline matters-
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/expat/expatnews/9458223/Benny-Wenda-removed-from-Interpol-wanted-list.html

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5. Is Interpol some sort of US-controlled front?

I thought it was international.

Why would any country other than the US be concerned about Assange?

And we shouldn't even be concerned about him from my point of view. He is a journalist, and we stand for freedom of the press. Why is there a double standard for freedom of the press depending on whether the journalist is someone printing prohibited information about the US or some country we don't like?

The First Amendment has become a joke. Just a joke.

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6. if anyone cares

and if we can acknowledge the simple minded triviality of foreign ministry proclamations on twitter

assange is not wanted by interpol on behalf of sweden or any other country

he is wanted by interpol itself through a European Arrest Warrant